Environmentalists call on Norway to stop plans for deep-sea mining

Six environmental organisations, including the World Wildlife Fund and Greenpeace, on Monday called on Norway to stop plans to open ocean areas for deep-sea mining.

Reuters | April 12, 2021 | 6:56 am

Implantable gold sensor can help monitor vital values, drug effectiveness

An implantable sensor based on color-stable gold nanoparticles is now capable of monitoring the human body for months.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 12, 2021 | 6:11 am

Silicon metal market may benefit from EV boom — report

Roskill believes demand for silicon metal will continue the upward trend it has experienced in the past two decades.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 12, 2021 | 6:07 am

Biden’s EV plan would create bull conditions for energy metals — report

The $2 trillion infrastructure bill would help create bull conditions in commodity markets, particularly in steel, cobalt, lithium and copper.

MINING.com Editor | April 9, 2021 | 12:42 pm

The need for a battery gold rush in US

US automakers are finally making bold commitments to electrify their fleets, but in the short-term, there may not be enough lithium-ion batteries to go around.

MINING.com Editor | April 9, 2021 | 11:57 am

Nornickel to minimise 2020 final dividend, considers buyback

Company will minimise its final dividend for 2020 to fund planned investment in production growth and improving its environmental footprint.

Reuters | April 9, 2021 | 8:26 am

Greenland Minerals says it is focused on rare earths, not uranium

Doubts have risen over the future of the Kvanefjeld project as a left-wing party pledged on Wednesday its opposition after winning a parliamentary election.

Reuters | April 9, 2021 | 7:48 am

FLSmidth joins responsible copper production framework

The Danish firm is now a partner at the Copper Mark Assurance Framework.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 9, 2021 | 6:06 am

Value of top 50 mining companies surges $600 billion from covid lows

Despite gold's price slump, strong copper and iron ore prices lifted MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 most valuable miners to a new record high of $1.35 trillion.

MINING.com Editor | April 8, 2021 | 12:21 pm

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