One way or another, energy transition factors into spring elections
Over two weeks in late May into early June, three important mining districts are going to the polls, with mining and climate change set to influence outcomes to varying degrees….
Environment
Hudbay suffers major Rosemont setback
Canada’s Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) has suffered a fresh setback in its bid to build the Rosemont open pit copper project in Arizona following a decision by the…
Brumadinho won’t break Vale, but the piper still hasn’t been fully paid
Vale, one of the world’s biggest producers of iron ore and nickel, has been in the news a lot lately. The Brazilian miner has been making strikes towards “green” credentials…
EPA deals fresh blow to PolyMet’s US$1B copper-nickel mine
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has dealt a fresh blow to PolyMet Mining’s (TSX: POM) plans to build an open pit copper-nickel mine in Minnesota, by recommending that the…
Australian court okays MMG’s Tasmania tailings dam study to proceed
In what has been labelled a ‘pro-mining judgment against the environment’ by a non-governmental organization, Chinese-owned base metals producer MMG Inc. has won the right to continue preliminary works for…
Wyloo targets net-zero mine, world-class battery production after Noront takeover
Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals has completed the acquisition of Noront Resources almost a year after placing its initial offer to buy the company and edging out the world’s…
More than US$2 trillion investment needed to meet IEA hydrogen targets
More than US$2 trillion of investment would be required in equipment and infrastructure to sustain the accelerating global momentum towards establishing hydrogen as a competitive element of a net-zero carbon…
Cumbria coal mine on hold after UK Gov’t calls for public inquiry
A public inquiry will be held into plans for the UK’s first deep coal mine in 30 years after government U-turn.
SQM aims to cut water, brine use by 50%
Chile’s SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world’s second largest lithium producer, will voluntarily cut its use of fresh water and brine from the Atacama desert to mitigate the overall impact of its operations…
Nearly a tonne of CO2 per oz. gold produced in 2019: report
Gold mines emitted on average 0.8 tonnes of CO2-equivalent (CO2e) for every ounce of gold that was produced in 2019, according to a report from S&P Global. Strong price performance…
BHP to mine Australian coal using greener energy
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP) said this week it had inked a deal to support the development of new solar and wind farms in Australia’s Queensland state as part of…
BHP plans ‘very tangible actions’ on carbon emissions
BHP (ASX, LON, NYSE: BHP) is fine-tuning a revamped strategy to reduce the company’s operational emissions and its use of diesel by 2030, chief executive Mike Henry said on Thursday….