April 23, 2024

TMC, SGS produce world’s first nickel sulphate from seafloor polymetallic nodules

Following the successful nickel sulphate production, SGS continues testing to produce what TMC believes will be the world’s first cobalt sulphate from polymetallic nodules.

April 23, 2024

Coal trains also carry respiratory diseases to communities on their way – study

Trains carrying loads of coal bring with them higher rates of asthma, heart disease, hospitalization and death for residents living nearest the rail lines.

April 23, 2024

Freeport-McMoRan beats on copper production, gold output surges

The mining giant said its quarterly production of copper rose to 1.1 billion pounds from 965 million pounds a year earlier.

April 22, 2024

Energy Fuels buys Base Resources for $240 million  

The news sent the Australian junior's shares skyrocketing 123% while market reaction was more muted in Toronto.

April 21, 2024

New process recovers five times more lithium from waste than existing technology

Scientists discovered that aluminum hydroxide can adsorb five times more lithium than can be collected using previously developed adsorbent materials.

April 19, 2024

Albemarle amongst recipients of tax credits under Biden’s clean energy drive

Thirty five projects got a total of $1.93 billion in tax credits.

April 19, 2024

US restricts drilling and mining in Alaska wilderness, angering state leaders

The Interior Department finalized a regulation to block oil and gas development on 40% of Alaska's National Petroleum Preserve.

April 18, 2024

Lithium Americas plunges after shares sold at steep discount

Shares of the lithium explorer fell as much as 27% in New York.

April 18, 2024

Column: Funds buy back into copper’s supercycle credentials

The impact of fund flows on the current price dynamics may be a harbinger of things to come.

April 18, 2024

NioCorp eyes rare earth magnet recycling

Research will focus on creating a process to convert used neodymium-iron-boron magnets into rare earth oxides for new magnet production.