New contactless mechanism to monitor phosphates, pH enhances safety of nuclear fuel recycling

Two PNNL interns developed a contactless technique to better measure, in real-time, the acidity of highly radioactive solutions.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 2, 2021 | 6:06 am

Ganfeng Lithium lands three-year supply deal with Tesla

The Chinese firm will provide battery grade lithium hydroxide products to the electric vehicle maker from 2022 to 2024.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 1, 2021 | 7:34 am

COP26: What G-20 leaders agreed on coal, methane, net-zero

Politicians promised to stop financing overseas coal plants, tackle methane leaks and take greater action this decade to limit global warming.

Bloomberg News | October 31, 2021 | 1:16 pm

EU and US end clash over steel and aluminium, take aim at China’s ‘dirty’ steel

The future EU-US arrangement will be a challenge for China, which produces more than half of the world's steel.

Reuters | October 31, 2021 | 12:38 pm

US, EU end Trump-era tariff war over steel, aluminum

The decision ends one of the biggest areas of friction between the allies.

Reuters | October 30, 2021 | 1:18 pm

Inexorable decline of EV battery prices coming to an end – report

EV battery costs were approaching parity with gas-powered cars, but Benchmark believes decline may be at an end as lithium prices surge 313% in a year and cobalt, nickel prices jump.

Frik Els | October 29, 2021 | 9:55 am

US coal miners are ‘sold out’ for 2022

Almost every lump of coal that US miners will dig out of the ground next year has already been sold.

Bloomberg News | October 29, 2021 | 8:49 am

Miners look to carbon capture to move beyond net zero

The global race to carbon neutrality is a double-edged sword for the metals and mining sector, writes Andy Home.

Reuters | October 29, 2021 | 7:48 am

COP26 will be a colossal mining cop-out

New report lays out how the green energy transition “starts and ends with metals” but the required exponential growth in mining is a glaring hole in US and global decarbonisation strategies.

Frik Els | October 28, 2021 | 3:18 pm

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