Blog • Jul 5, 2024
Rising Mining Accidents: Causes and Solutions
Mining accidents vary widely by region, often reflecting local geological conditions, mining practices, and regulatory environments.
Charles Pitts
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.
Energy Transition • Jul 3, 2024
Tesla Stock Surge Drives Demand for Critical EV Minerals
Recent Tesla Stock surge is sending ripples through the mining industry, highlighting a significant uptick in demand for crucial minerals essential to electric vehicle (EV) production.…
M&A & Consolidation • Jul 2, 2024
Komatsu Completes Strategic Acquisition of GHH
Komatsu Ltd. has finalized its acquisition of GHH Group GmbH, a prominent manufacturer of underground mining, tunneling, and special civil engineering equipment based in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Blog • Jul 1, 2024
Underground Mine Subsidence Leads to Huge
The center of a soccer field at Gordon Moore Park in Alton, Illinois, an area renowned for its extensive subsurface limestone mining operations, has been engulfed…
Battery Metals • Jun 28, 2024
Mexico Seeks Agreement with Chinese Lithium
The Mexican government is in active negotiations with China’s Ganfeng Lithium to resolve a dispute over canceled mining concessions in the northern state of Sonora.
Blog • Jun 27, 2024
Caterpillar Loses Norwegian Pension Fund
The Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), known as the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, has announced its decision to divest from Caterpillar Inc.
Battery Metals • Jun 26, 2024
Cobalt Conflict Intensifies in Indian Ocean
The core of this disagreement revolves around the valuable cobalt reserves in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), which are crucial for advanced industries and the production…
Battery Metals • Jun 25, 2024
The Largest Resource Of Lithium Brine In North
In Alberta, Canada's Park Place Lithium Brine Project (PPLP), LithiumBank Resources Corp. has announced a significant finding.
Blog • Jun 24, 2024
Mining in Conflict Zones: Challenges and
The mining industry in numerous conflict*affected countries continue to encounter substantial obstacles as 2024 progresses.
Blog • Jun 21, 2024
Mysteries of Stonehenge: The Significance of
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…
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