In late August, the Taliban interim government signed several contracts worth $6.5bn with foreign and national investors to develop some of Afghanistan’s mineral wealth. As the country grapples with a struggling economy and the legacy […]
French nuclear fuel cycle giant Orano has been unable to ship mining necessities in or uranium out of its Somair mine in Niger since a Jul. 26 military coup in the country. On Sep. 6 […]
A federal committee on Tuesday recommended imposing royalties on US hardrock mining for the first time, a move it said could increase domestic production by providing funds for the agencies in charge of issuing new […]
The expansion of industrial-scale mines that extract cobalt and copper for rechargeable batteries has led to forced evictions and human rights abuses, including sexual assault, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to Amnesty […]
The U.S. and Saudi Arabia are in talks to secure metals in Africa needed for both countries’ energy transitions, as the White House tries to curb China’s dominance in the electric-vehicle supply chain and the kingdom looks […]
Daily Standup Top Stories Gas prices jump as Australian LNG workers begin partial strikes at key Chevron sites September 12, 2023 Mariel Alumit (Bloomberg) – Liquefied natural gas (LNG) workers at key Chevron Corp. sites in […]
It’s a good time for the United States to respond to the fast-growing demand for critical minerals. Lawton, Okla. — Over 100 investors, government officials, and industry executives gathered this past month to celebrate the groundbreaking of Westwin […]
Alberta got out of the starting gates in the global critical minerals race Thursday with the opening of the province’s first lithium extraction pilot project. At his company’s site just east of the town of Olds in […]
A deposit of lithium recently discovered along the Nevada-Oregon border may be among the world’s largest, having potentially huge implications for the transition to electric vehicles. Volcanologists and geologists from Lithium Americas Corporation, GNS Science, and […]
Pioneer Natural Resources Co., one of the largest US shale drillers, is experimenting with mining lithium from wastewater produced in the fracking process. Chief executive officer Scott Sheffield told Bloomberg Television that the company started doing […]
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