Battery Metals • Feb 7, 2022
Projection: new mines take a decade or more to
Global mining analysts recently estimated that the markets would require more than 3 billion tons of metals and minerals to keep global temperatures rising by 2…
Mo Shine
Mo Shine covers the geopolitics, logistics and diplomacy of critical-mineral extraction in the Global South, with a focus on how African statecraft shapes what investors and operators can actually build. He spent more than a decade in newspaper journalism, as sub-editor and executive editor, and has worked with Skillings since 2009. His current work tracks the Lobito Corridor and other Western-backed rail routes, and what they change for working capital, regional diplomacy and operator resilience across the Central African Copperbelt.
Middle East • Feb 4, 2022
Saudi Arabia’s vision 2030: mining sites worth
According to a Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources study, Saudi Arabia possesses more than 5,300 mining sites worth $1.3 trillion, including gold, silver, copper, zinc,…
Press Release • Feb 3, 2022
ALLETE Board of Directors raises quarterly
DULUTH, Minn. – ALLETE, Inc. (NYSE:ALE) today announced that its Board of Directors has increased the quarterly dividend on the company’s common stock to 65 cents…
Press Release • Feb 3, 2022
Akobo Minerals gears up for gold production
OSLO, 3 February 2022: Akobo Minerals (Euronext Oslo – “AKOBO”), the Scandinavian-based Ethiopian gold exploration and mining company, has announced details of the first-ever flight to…
Press Release • Feb 3, 2022
AFRY main engineering partner for Boliden in
Boliden has awarded AFRY engineering and site services assignment for the Odda zinc smelter expansion project. The expansion enables Boliden Odda to almost double zinc production…
Press Release • Feb 3, 2022
U.S. Mines Produced an Estimated $90.4 Billion
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes This information comes from the 27th annual Mineral Commodity Summaries report from the USGS National Minerals Information Center, which was published on Jan.…
Iron Ore • Feb 3, 2022
Coast Guard to update its icebreaking
U.S.-flagged "lakers" were hindered by a shortage of Coast Guard icebreaking capabilities despite the Great Lakes' warm and delayed winter. Cement, iron ore, and coal shipments…
Press Release • Feb 2, 2022
ALLETE Senior Vice President and Chief
DULUTH, Minn.—ALLETE (NYSE:ALE) today announced Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Robert Adams will retire from the company later this year. As part of a…
Iron Ore • Feb 2, 2022
Mining and railway disruptions helped boost
Since Vale and other producers were forced to shut down mining and rails in the iron ore hub of Minas Gerais state in southeast Brazil due…
Copper • Feb 1, 2022
Biden administration rejected Twin Metals two
If two federal mining licenses are withdrawn, its ambitions to create an underground copper, nickel, and precious metal mine in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness…
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