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• Resource Nationalism Becomes Major Threat For Oil Companies, Miners

  Published 04 March 2021 | viewed 4,784 times

  Resource nationalism has spiked in more than 30 countries over the last year and more than half of those nations are key producers of minerals and…

• New Battery Tech Could Make Solar Energy Storage Even Cheaper

  Published 01 March 2021 | viewed 53,896 times

  US-based engineers have joined forces to develop high-voltage reference batteries for behind-the-meter energy storage applications, based on a bipolar technology that uses silicon wafers in…

• The World’s Largest Money Managers Hold $170 Billion In Coal Assets

  Published 27 February 2021 | viewed 21,415 times

  The world’s two largest money managers have built a combined $170 billion investment portfolio in coal using money from people’s private savings and pension contributions,…

• Copper Prices Soar To 10-Year Highs

  Published 25 February 2021 | viewed 13,678 times

  In early trade on Wednesday, the copper price for delivery in March was up 1.53% with copper futures exchanging hands for $4.23 per pound ($9,306 a…

• Nevada Overtakes Australia To Become World’s Top Mining Destination

  Published 23 February 2021 | viewed 2,844 times

  The US state of Nevada is the new most attractive region for mining investors, replacing iron ore-rich Western Australia in the 2020 survey of resource…

• Canada May Become Global Leader In Booming Battery Metals Market

  Published 23 February 2021 | viewed 4,860 times

  Canada has a sizeable opportunity to become one of the world’s leaders in the lithium-ion battery market, but that potential needs to be recognized and…

• China Looks To Curb Exports Of Rare Earth Minerals To The U.S.

  Published 16 February 2021 | viewed 6,196 times

  China is looking into curbing the exports of rare earth minerals that are crucial to US defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin for the manufacture…

• Scientists Use Lithium To Control Heat In Nuclear Fusion Reactors

  Published 15 February 2021 | viewed 17,410 times

  Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory have created a plan using liquid lithium to control the extreme heat that could…

• Bacanora Lithium Starts Work At Flagship Project In Mexico

  Published 10 February 2021 | viewed 2,917 times

  Exploration and development company Bacanora Lithium (LON:BCN) said on Wednesday it had begun initial site activities at its flagship Sonora lithium project in Mexico.The company is developing…

• Tesla's Strategic Investment Could Make Indonesia A Battery Hub

  Published 08 February 2021 | viewed 4,464 times

  In December 2020, reports emerged that Tesla would send delegations to Indonesia in January to discuss potential investment in a supply chain for its electric vehicles. On…

• Is This The Tipping Point For Electric Vehicle Adoption?

  Published 06 February 2021 | viewed 3,512 times

  New research shows that in 2020, a total of 134.5 GWh of battery capacity was deployed globally into newly sold passenger electric vehicles, with an…

• How Reddit Investors Shook The Silver Market

  Published 03 February 2021 | viewed 3,770 times

  Robinhood’s army of small retail investors may have failed to storm the silver market, but the online broker’s devotees certainly gave it an almighty shake.…

• The UK Stands By Its Controversial Coal Mine Decision

  Published 03 February 2021 | viewed 12,118 times

  Despite pressure from the UK’s climate change advisors, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office says it will not intervene in Cumbria County Council’s decision to approve…

• Is A Space Mining War Inevitable?

  Published 02 February 2021 | viewed 2,508 times

  A brewing war to set a mining base in space is likely to see China and Russia joining forces to keep the US increasing attempts…

• Silver Price Jumps To Eight-Year High On Reddit Trading Frenzy

  Published 01 February 2021 | viewed 4,034 times

  Silver broke above $30 an ounce on Monday as the precious metal took center stage in the Reddit investors frenzy. Silver futures on the Comex exchange rose by…

• Tesla’s 20 Million EV Ambition Faces Huge Mining Challenge

  Published 31 January 2021 | viewed 13,457 times

  Elon Musk and his merry band of executive vice presidents had plenty of advice for the mining and metals industry at the company’s Battery Day event in…

• Reddit Day-Trader Frenzy Sends Silver Prices Soaring

  Published 28 January 2021 | viewed 11,770 times

  Reddit investors have discovered silver, with everything from silver miners, silver ETFs and the actual price of the physical metal itself soaring on Thursday. Spot…

• Copper Mines Devastated During Covid

  Published 27 January 2021 | viewed 2,971 times

  The deadly coronavirus has taken a heavy toll on the world’s copper mines. Output in key producer countries such as Peru cratered over the second…

• Bezos And Gates Backed Fund To Invest In Clean Energy Startups

  Published 19 January 2021 | viewed 7,872 times

  Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), the clean-tech fund backed by well-known billionaires including Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Michael Bloomberg, has raised $1 billion for the second time…

• UK Produces First Battery-Grade Lithium At Home

  Published 18 January 2021 | viewed 2,491 times

  A British consortium that includes Cornish Lithium, a junior eager to lead the development of a lithium industry in the UK, said on Monday it had locally produced…