Coal • Sep 22, 2021
Poland Fined €500,000 To Dig Daily Coal
For some time, it has been at the heart of an international conflict. Near the border of Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic, the Turów mine…
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Battery Metals • Sep 16, 2021
Scientists extend the storage capacity and
Researchers at the University of Southern California are discovering a strategy to prevent the structural stability of lithium-ion batteries from degrading, which is one of the…
Gold • Sep 16, 2021
Harmony Gold Dividend Boosts Shares — 2.5% Yield Announced
Monday's dividend announcement. The stock hit a peak of $3.35 and a low of $3.35 during mid-day trading, reflecting a 95 percent decrease from the average…
Coal • Sep 16, 2021
What Appalachia became after Wall Street invaded coal
Hedge funds in New York and its surroundings were intensely interested in coal mines around the century.
Base Metals • Sep 14, 2021
A copper powerhouse is digging its way out of debt to
Zambia, Africa's second-largest copper producer, is saddled with debt worth billions, and its new President has a plan to excavate himself out: stop borrowing so much…
Copper • Sep 13, 2021
Copper mining is possible in dormant volcanoes?
Digging deep wells beneath dormant volcanoes to suck out the metal-containing fluids trapped beneath them, according to Oxford scientists, is a more sustainable method to copper…
Iron Ore • Sep 13, 2021
Why is Rio Tinto stock declining 35% as iron
According to state officials, (NYSE: RIO) has lost more than 11% of its value in the previous month and is now trading at $76 per share.…
Iron Ore • Sep 13, 2021
China’s greenfield iron ore plant will use
One of Metso Outotec's "Planet Positive" mineral processing orders is several energy-efficient stirred mills for installation at a new iron ore plant in Liaoning Province, north-eastern…
Iron Ore • Sep 10, 2021
BHP warns exceptional iron ore price of the past to wane
Regarding China's decreasing steel output and its current coronavirus epidemic, Anglo-Australian miner BHP warned that the exceptional iron ore prices of the past might be on…
Blog • Sep 9, 2021
Nornickel physical (ETC) in Global Palladium Fund (GPF)
Nornickel, the biggest palladium, and high-grade nickel producer globally is the only physically supported nickel-neutral exchange traded commodity (ETC) in its Global Palladium Fund (GPF). The…
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