Battery Metals • Feb 9, 2022
Clean energy technologies boom the demand for
Of all the clean-energy technologies set to boom in the coming decades, none will put a strain on battery metals. They account for about half of…
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Iron Ore • Feb 8, 2022
Mining Firms allowed to increase iron ore
After a long-awaited assessment of the facility's export capability, Port Hedland, Australia's most profitable export business, will be allowed to boost its iron ore exports significantly.
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…
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…
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…
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If two federal mining licenses are withdrawn, its ambitions to create an underground copper, nickel, and precious metal mine in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness…
Copper • Feb 1, 2022
Skillings Mining Review February 2022
The Skillings Mining Review February 2022 edition shines a spotlight on one of the industry’s hottest opportunities: “The Best Copper Stocks Potential in 2022.” With global…
Iron Ore • Jan 31, 2022
China’s total iron ore imports from Australia
In China's total iron ore imports, Australian iron ore will fall below 60 percent in 2022. Due to weather disruptions and labor shortage worries, Australian iron…
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