US Forest Service advances Perpetua Resources’ plan for Idaho Stibnite-Gold project

The project could become one of the largest and highest-grade open-pit gold mines in the US —and the country’s only primary producer of antimony.

MINING.com Editor | July 1, 2021 | 12:43 pm

Piedmont expands spodumene resources with investment in IronRidge

Piedmont plans to purchase an equity stake in IronRidge and a 50% stake in its Ewoyaa lithium project in Ghana.

Jackson Chen | July 1, 2021 | 10:48 am

Albemarle ups game in race to power electric cars

A new lab in North Carolina will develop lithium products two to three times faster than previously, company CTO said.

Bloomberg News | June 30, 2021 | 10:35 pm

Gold price to see worst month in over four years

The metal is trading near the lowest since April after the Fed pulled forward its forecasts for interest rate hikes.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 30, 2021 | 1:12 pm

CHART: Study predicts over 400% increase in copper, lithium, nickel battery demand

BloombergNEF turns super bullish about metals demand for batteries – ups forecast 35% to 2.7 terawatt hours per year by 2030 as electric cars take off.

MINING.com Editor | June 30, 2021 | 12:09 pm

Strong gold and copper growth forecasts as covid disruptions subside – report

Global gold mine production will grow at the fastest rate in three years in 2021.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 30, 2021 | 11:46 am

US EPA weighs Taseko copper mining process akin to fracking

The Canadian firm wants to use a process that involves injecting sulfuric acid and water deep underground to break up a mineral deposit.

Reuters | June 30, 2021 | 9:08 am

CHARTS: China’s overseas copper mining scramble

Chinese state and private investors have spent more than $16 billion over the last decade buying copper mines and projects including nearly 50 in Africa.

MINING.com Editor | June 29, 2021 | 11:25 am

Aluminum premia spike on planned Russian export tax

Russia has proposed introducing an export duty on steel, copper, nickel and aluminium to curb rising inflation.

MINING.com Editor | June 29, 2021 | 9:52 am

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Cobalt’s battery-powered boom has turned to bust

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