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Charles Pitts is the publisher of Skillings Mining Review, the trade journal that has covered mining since 1912. He writes on the macro forces behind metal prices: commodity cycles, sovereign capital and the shifting sources of demand. His current work argues that hyperscale AI, and the gigawatt-scale power its data centres need, is becoming a buyer of lithium and copper in its own right, competing with the automotive supply chain for tier-one reserves.
England's Wiltshire — One of the most famous prehistoric structures in the world, Stonehenge never fails to pique the interest of archaeologists, historians, and the general…
Nestled in the heart of California's Imperial Valley, beneath the surface of the Salton Sea, lies an expansive reservoir of lithium. This precious metal, often dubbed…
Recently, Endeavour Mining Plc revealed that Sébastien de Montessus, the company's former CEO, would suffer a major financial loss. After being fired earlier this month for…
Fortescue Metals Group, the mining company controlled by the billionaire Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest, has initiated legal action to stop the financial data giant S&P publishing information…
Minnesota should stop all state-level work on the controversial Twin Metals Mining proposal if the Trump government doesn't share vital information about copper mining's risks to…
The company has idled Northshore Mining as steel demand declined during the pandemic. The "Big Three" car manufacturers are preparing to restart manufacturing next week, and…
Shandong Gold Mining Co Ltd, which has a Hong Kong listing, gave some insight into the technology moves being made by the prominent Chinese mining companies…
Undaunted by the fear of death, 57-year-old Asif Khan has kept his nose to the grindstone to dig out coal so that the country's power plants…
Bruce Crosgrove is a B.Sc., M.Sc. (Solution Chemistry) from Simon Fraser University, Canadian Securities Course (CSC), US Series 7 Securities Course. Bruce is an artist, a…
Even as Lockdowns across the world have crippled manufacturing activity, India's exports of iron ore, essential to the outcome of steel, have been flourishing. Under pressure…
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