Inside Northvolt’s plan to tap Portuguese white gold
A slice of scrubland in southern Portugal, a stone’s throw away from the city of Setúbal, could play a central role in Europe’s green transition....
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Terramin looks to Algeria
Terramin celebrated a major project milestone recently when the Algerian mining regulator issued the project a mining permit after the company satisfied all Algerian regulatory,...
MP Materials: What A Successful Re-Shoring Strategy Could Look Like
MP Materials is building a new permanent magnet factory in Alliance, part of greater Fort Worth, Texas. This is part of a $700 million investment...
‘It’s critical that we get mining right’: Yukon copper mine shut down amid environmental scrutiny
The shutdown of a small copper mine in Yukon this week is a reminder that the energy transition away from fossil fuels won’t be successful...
Ma’aden and Ivanhoe to explore untapped resources in Saudi Arabia
Ma’aden, a Saudi Arabian mining company, has finalised its agreement with Ivanhoe Electric Inc. (IE) to purchase 9.9% shares in the company and form a...
The Environmental Impact of Battery Production for Electric Vehicles
75% of the world’s total CO2 emissions propelled in recent years by Asian economies come from road transportation. India contributes about 291 million tonnes of...
The high cost of extraction in the Lithium Triangle
There are few minerals that play as pivotal a role in the global energy transition as lithium. The silvery white, soft, reactive metal is particularly...
First Quantum improves Kansanshi mine reliability with Accelovant fibre-optic sensors
Kansanshi Mining, a First Quantum-owned company located in Zambia, is leveraging Accelovant’s fibre-optic sensors to solve its arcing and electronics failure and signaling issues at...
FPX Nickel confirms production of battery grade nickel sulphate
Canadian nickel explorer FPX Nickel says it has achieved “a significant milestone” in the production of battery-grade nickel sulphate from its Baptiste Nickel Project in...
GMG inks battery development deal with Rio Tinto
Brisbane-based Graphene Manufacturing Group (GMG) said it has signed a binding Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with Rio Tinto to advance its graphene aluminium-ion batteries which...