Mining/Quarrying

Miners are turning to machine learning, cutting-edge chemistry and other innovative means to increase the supply of critical materials such as copper and graphite amid the rising demand for green technologies. In 2011, Nico Cuevas, a…

Lily Dickson was hurrying across the University of Leeds campus when a student campaigner handed her a flier that called for a ban on campus recruiting by mining and oil-and-gas companies.The 24-year old doctoral student in geology was…

Metal markets seem to think copper is the new lithium. A lack of new mining activity has added to worries that there won’t be enough of the red metal for the energy transition, a popular topic at this week’s World Copper Conference in…

Deep-sea mining for battery materials has gained significant interest over the past year, but 2023 is set to be a key turning point—both for the practice itself and the companies that are leading the campaign to exploit the ocean…

Glencore PLC said it has revamped its ethics and compliance program, including boosting its annual compliance spending and hiring more full-time compliance staff, as the global mining…

Glencore GLNCY 0.70% PLC is set to settle long-running U.S. corruption investigations on Tuesday, finally resolving criminal probes into its global mining and…

Steelmakers said demand is rebounding after a slump earlier this year, driven by booming construction and heavy equipment industries, and slowly expanding automotive production.Despite higher raw materials costs triggered by Russia’s…

Lithium is a key component of rechargeable batteries, and developing domestic supply is seen as an important step in a broad push for the U.S. to transition to alternative energy sources. In February, the Biden administration unveiled plans…

Steel and mining giant Severstal PAO said Citigroup Inc. has frozen interest payments to investors in the company’s bonds, setting up what would likely be the first debt default by a major Russian issuer since…

AMC said in a statement it would invest $27.9 million in cash in Hycroft Mining Holding Corp. HYMC 9.35% Chief Executive Adam Aron said on Twitter, “AMC is…