Focus on Minerals
Lithium company Winsome Resources signs option deal to buy Renard mine
Australian lithium company Winsome Resources has signed a call option agreement that will allow it to buy the Renard diamond mine in northern...
Resources for the Future: the 2024 Global Energy Outlook
Resources for the Future, a think tank based in Washington, D.C., issued its annual analysis of energy projections from organizations around the world....
Hyundai Motor ends Indonesia aluminium deal after climate campaign by K-pop fans
SEOUL – South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co and PT Adaro Minerals Indonesia Tbk have ended an aluminium supply agreement after calls by a...
Canada’s mild winter disrupts key ice road to remote Arctic diamond mines
TORONTO (Reuters) – An unusually warm winter in Canada this year has delayed the opening of a 400-kilometer (250-mile) ice road that is...
Japan, EU to discuss cooperation on tech materials to cut reliance on China: report
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and the European Union plan to start talks about cooperating on advanced materials for next-generation chips and batteries to...
Uranium is being mined near the Grand Canyon as prices soar and the US pushes for more nuclear power
The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work just south of Grand Canyon National Park on a long-contested project.
Impact of Baltimore port closure on US coal and cobalt supply chain
The bridge collapse that closed the Port of Baltimore has raised concerns about the disaster’s potential impact on the global supply chain. Authorities...
In Canada’s Quebec, residents miffed over mining boom
Canada’s Quebec province is rich with minerals needed for everything from electric cars to cell phones, but residents living atop the potential windfall...
Aluminum company says preferred U.S. site for new smelter is a region of Kentucky hit hard by job losses
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — An aluminum company has singled out northeastern Kentucky as its preferred site for a new aluminum smelter that would...
Taseko Mines signs deal to consolidate its ownership of the Gibraltar mine
VANCOUVER — Taseko Mines Ltd. has signed a deal to buy the 12.5 per cent interest in the Gibraltar mine it does not...
