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Energy transition mining explores how the mining sector powers the shift to a low-carbon economy. From lithium and cobalt to rare earths and copper, this category covers the surging demand for critical minerals driving electrification, EVs, battery storage, and clean energy infrastructure. Follow policy shifts, global supply chain pressures, and investment flows linked to the green revolution. Ideal for analysts, investors, and energy sector observers tracking mining’s strategic role in decarbonization. Related topics: Sustainable Mining, Market Intelligence, and Metals Prices.
Luleå University of Technology, LKAB and Vattenfall are exploring whether Sweden’s abandoned iron mines can double as hydrogen vaults. Backed by the EU’s Just Transition Fund,…
KIRUNA, SWEDEN — When LKAB confirmed this spring that its Per Geijer deposit holds around 1.2 billion tonnes of ore containing 2.2 million tonnes of rare-earth…
Copper demand is surging. Will contract mining or owner-control deliver supply faster? Skillings breaks down the models shaping copper’s future.
Australia’s rooftop solar panels hide silver reserves rivaling mines. New tech could reshape global silver supply.
From Panama to Namibia, governments are rewriting the rules of mining, challenging decades of liberalized investment. Resource nationalism—policies that extend state influence over taxes, ownership, exports,…
Lucid and Alaska Energy Metals join new U.S. alliance to secure critical minerals, reshaping EV and defense supply chains.
Trump’s copper tariff triggers price shock in U.S. auto sector, raising costs and tensions.
Indonesia’s surprise mining ban exposes the EV industry’s dangerous overreliance on one nickel source.
Nickel plays a vital role in producing stainless steel and powering electric vehicle batteries. In recent years, the metal’s close ties to the burgeoning electric vehicle…
Rio Tinto is injecting up to $900 million into Chile’s lithium sector through a nearly 50% stake in the Salar de Maricunga project, a high-altitude lithium…
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