Rio Tinto cuts ties with Russian businesses over Ukraine war
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has become the first major mining company to announce it was cutting all ties with Russian businesses, joining a massive exodus of…
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Shares of Russia-focused miners collapse on Ukraine invasion
Shares in mining companies with operations in Russia were among the first to feel the impact of Moscow’s wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, while oil topped US$105 a barrel…
Chart: Bulks most affected by Russia-Ukraine conflict
Trade dislocations due to sanctions, high power prices and disruption to production facilities in the conflict zone are three major threats to the metals and mining industry due to escalating…
Inflation anxiety — what’s in store
The Q4 edition of The Northern Miner’s Global Mining Symposium on November 17 and 18 was another resounding success. The conference featured a top notch roster of guests from the…
Nickel, cobalt allow for cheaper, more efficient green hydrogen production
Researchers at Australia’s Curtin University have identified an electrocatalyst that, with added nickel and cobalt, makes green hydrogen from water in a cheaper and more efficient way compared to traditional…
US markets fall, Sept. 13-17
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 22.84 points or 0.07% to finish the September 13 to September 17 trading week at 34,584.88 and the S&P 500 fell 25.59 points or…
The View from England: Burning lessons for mining
The ‘Burners’ amongst you will not need reminding that the Burning Man festival takes place in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert every year during the week leading up to the U.S….
Court rules Intrepid Potash has no water rights in New Mexico
Intrepid’s use of the Pecos River water became controversial after the company disclosed it planned to sell it to the oil and gas industry.
Renewables are winning the cost war against fossil fuels, report says
A new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency states that over the past 10 years, clean energy has not only started seriously competing with fossil fuels but has significantly undercut them when…
Investors with US$41 trillion urge G7 to end support for coal
A group of 457 investors, which oversees more than US$41 trillion in assets combined, and a coalition of 79 company CEOs are calling on the G7 — Canada, France, Germany,…
Commodities that will rule the green, digital transition
A new report by Fitch Solutions forecasts that some ‘conventional’ commodities will receive an added boost in the next 20 years as they take a central stage in the green…
Pro-foreign investment Lasso wins Ecuador presidential election
Guillermo Lasso, a 66-year-old conservative former banker, has won Ecuador’s presidential election with 52.5% of the vote, beating out Andrés Arauz, a 36-year-old leftist handpicked by former President Rafael Correa….