Deep-sea mining scars last decades, but life returns
A new study led by Britain’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has revealed that the effects of a deep-sea mining experiment in the Pacific Ocean more than four decades ago are…
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China boosts exploration funding: Financial Times
China is boosting state support for domestic mineral exploration in an effort to secure dominance in the resource sector amid rising competition from Western rivals, the Financial Times reported on…
Tariffs, uncertainty, driving nations to tighten grip on critical minerals
Verisk Maplecroft’s Resource Nationalism Index shows a record risk increase in 47 countries since 2020.
Video: China fuels EV battery boom as per-unit capacity nears peak, Adamas says
Electric vehicle battery capacity could hit a record one terawatt-hour this year, according to Frik Els, a battery metals expert at Adamas Intelligence. Analysts expect China to use 60% of…
Trump, Zelenskyy nix minerals deal
United States President Donald Trump and his Ukraine counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy cancelled a mineral rights and security agreement at the White House on Friday after a news conference degenerated into…
Fundraising by junior, intermediate miners hits lowest since 2019: S&P
Funds raised by junior and intermediate mining companies dropped by 12% in 2024 to US$10.3 billion globally, its lowest in five years, according to data tracked by S&P Global. This…
Opinion: Trump drops a bomb on green energy
President Donald Trump has long been a supporter of traditional energy. During his campaign, he spoke negatively about electric vehicles, wind and other renewable energy sources. But in his first…
China funnelled US$57B to control critical mineral supply chain: report
China has systematically extended its control over critical minerals essential for the global energy transition and net-zero emissions, using a network of at least 26 state-backed financial institutions over the…
London Symposium JV Video: Quebec’s clean energy, innovation, incentives
Quebec supports mining with hydro-power, streamlined permits and beneficial tax policies, an adviser to the province says. Early government action gives it an edge in the energy transition, Jonathan LaFontaine,…
Biden signs order to power-up AI infrastructure
U.S. President Joe Biden issued an executive order Tuesday to support the development of the country’s artificial intelligence infrastructure and meet the enormous energy requirements from AI data centres in…
Financing: US Energy Dept. hands out billions
In mid-December, the U.S Department of Energy announced a conditional loan of US$755 million to battery materials and technology company Novonix to build a plant in Tennessee for manufacturing synthetic…
Northern Graphite to restart mill, hike prices
Northern Graphite (TSXV: NGC; US-OTC: NGPHF), the continent’s only flake graphite producer, plans to restart its Lac des Iles mill in Quebec next Monday and raise prices for the battery metal….