GRAPHICS: What’s the plan? Corporate polluters lag on setting climate goals

More than 40 of the world's 250 biggest corporate emitters - or 16% - are only just starting to assess their emissions, report shows.

Reuters | June 21, 2021 | 9:10 am

Russian billionaire Potanin will not join in Nornickel buyback

Potanin owns a 34.6% stake in Nornickel, which plans to buy up to 3.4% of its shares for $2-billion.

Reuters | June 21, 2021 | 7:49 am

Volvo and Northvolt team up to build new battery gigafactory in Europe

Partnership will help Volvo’s efforts to make half of its cars fully electric by mid-decade and all of them 100% electric by 2030.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 21, 2021 | 6:38 am

World’s first fossil-free steel plant fueled by hydrogen

Sweden’s Hybrit is developing a rock cavern storage facility for fossil-free hydrogen gas, which will be used in the pilot plant for direct reduction in Luleå.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 21, 2021 | 6:06 am

Cornish Lithium raises over $8m to boost UK projects

It's now valued at just over £80m (about $111m) — double its valuation when it last tapped investors in October.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 21, 2021 | 2:25 am

Europe taking steps to cut reliance on China for raw materials

The European Commissioner for Internal Market called on member states to boost partnerships with resource-rich countries and explore sustainable mining in the EU.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | June 20, 2021 | 11:36 am