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• Australia Considers $100 Million Investment To Kickstart Mining Industry

  Published 26 May 2020 | viewed 6,773 times

  The Minerals Council of Australia is calling on the federal government to adopt a series of measures that, in the group’s view, would guarantee the…

• Mining Exploration To Drop By Nearly 30% Despite Gold Boom

  Published 22 May 2020 | viewed 6,136 times

  The rally in the gold price will not be enough to prevent 2020 turning into the worst year in 15 for global exploration spending. According…

• Major Diamond Mine Slashes Production

  Published 21 May 2020 | viewed 6,487 times

  Angola’s Sociedade Mineira de Catoca, which operate the namesake diamond mine in the sub-Saharan Africa’s country, has reduced mining and processing operations as demand remains weak…

• Barrick Gold Launches Exploration Program In Japan

  Published 20 May 2020 | viewed 4,193 times

  Barrick (TSX: ABX) (NYSE: GOLD) and Japan Gold (TSX-V: JG) have kicked off their joint exploration program in the Asian country under an alliance formed in February, which…

• Gold Soars To 7-Year Highs

  Published 18 May 2020 | viewed 4,081 times

  Gold climbed to a fresh seven-year high Monday after the US Federal Reserve said in a report last Friday that stocks and asset prices could “suffer a…

• The Countries With The Largest Diamond Reserves

  Published 13 May 2020 | viewed 8,252 times

  Diamonds reserves in Russia, Congo and Botswana combined account for at least 80.6% of the world’s total, estimated at about 1.1 billion million carats, a report…

• Demand For Battery Metals To Surge By 500%

  Published 11 May 2020 | viewed 4,536 times

  Production of so-called battery metals, such as graphite, lithium and cobalt, will have to increase by nearly 500% by 2050 to meet the growing demand…

• Gold ETFs On The Rise

  Published 07 May 2020 | viewed 2,482 times

  Global holdings in gold-backed ETFs continued to rise in April even as stocks and bonds regained some traction, according to data released by the World Gold Council.…

• Gold Likely To Soar Even Higher

  Published 05 May 2020 | viewed 3,986 times

  Gold price recovered Monday from last week’s drop as investors keep embracing safe-haven assets during a tumultuous economic environment hit by the covid-19 pandemic. The logistics of transporting…

• Mining Industry Loses $6.9 Billion In Production

  Published 01 May 2020 | viewed 4,294 times

  Covid-19 has impacted the mining industry across the globe as governments enforce lockdowns and quarantines and companies halt operations because workers and contractors can’t get…

• Gold Prices Stuck In Limbo Ahead Of Key Fed Decision

  Published 29 April 2020 | viewed 3,947 times

  Gold declined for the third day in a row on Tuesday, as the prospect of a gradual reopening of economies directed investors’ attention away from…

• Battery Metals Remain Relatively Strong Despite Market Downturn

  Published 24 April 2020 | viewed 5,281 times

  2020 was supposed to be the breakout year for electric vehicles around the globe. After a serious dent mid-2019 when Beijing cut subsidies, the Chinese…

• Is This A Turning Point For Fuel-Cell Powered Vehicles?

  Published 20 April 2020 | viewed 2,586 times

  Researchers at Northwestern University in the US, in collaboration with computational modellers at the Colorado School of Mines and colleagues at the National Institute for…

• Lithium Batteries Remain Critical Despite EV Sales Slump

  Published 14 April 2020 | viewed 3,492 times

  A report by market analyst Roskill states that the slowdown in the Chinese EV market during H2-20‌19 and the covid-19 pandemic have had a significant…

• Illegal Mining Could Be Spreading Coronavirus To Indigenous Communities

  Published 13 April 2020 | viewed 8,425 times

  Five NGOs that work for Indigenous rights in Venezuela issued a statement asking authorities to take immediate action against illegal miners operating in the Venezuelan and Brazilian…

• The Coronavirus Crisis Can’t Put A Lid On Coal Production

  Published 11 April 2020 | viewed 3,638 times

  Global coal production is expected to grow only marginally in 2020, from 8.13 billion tonnes in 2019 to 8.17 billion tonnes in 2020, a growth…

• Russia Condemns Trump’s Space Mining Order

  Published 10 April 2020 | viewed 4,022 times

  Russia’s space agency Roscosmos has condemned US President Donald Trump’s order signed this week, which encourages citizens to mine the moon and other celestial bodies…

• Researchers Create Organic Battery

  Published 06 April 2020 | viewed 2,228 times

  Researchers at Uppsala University have developed an all-organic proton battery that can be charged in a matter of seconds using a solar cell. The battery…

• What Does CHina’s EV Slowdown Mean For The Battery Metals Sector?

  Published 03 April 2020 | viewed 3,600 times

  The slowdown in China’s electric vehicle sector could have knock-on effects on the battery metals market in both the short and long run, commodities analysts…

• COVID-19 Could Be The End Of U.S. Coal

  Published 30 March 2020 | viewed 3,845 times

  The fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic may too heavy of a burden for the already struggling coal miners in the United States, with three companies announcing operations…