by Trevor Barratt | Jul 10, 2023 | News
Intimately linked with the national security of Western nations. Access to critical minerals is essential to any country hoping to gain or maintain technological superiority over its rivals – a fact that China was distinctly aware of when it moved to buy up the...
by Trevor Barratt | Jul 7, 2023 | News
Sika has acquired Thiessen Team USA, a US manufacturer of shotcrete and grouting products for the mining industry in the USA. The company serves the Western US mining industry which produces essential minerals for the growing electric vehicle industry among many other...
by Trevor Barratt | Jul 7, 2023 | News
Glencore Plc (GLEN.L) said on Monday this week according to a Reuters report it had proposed to buy the remaining stake in copper miner PolyMet Mining (PLM.A) it does not already own for about $71 million. The Swiss commodity trader already owns 82.26% of...
by Trevor Barratt | Jul 7, 2023 | News
At a recent conference in Beijing, Frans Timmermans said that while China is forging ahead with plans to expand its use of renewable resources such as wind and solar energy, the country has also been constructing an ever-growing number of coal-fired plants in the past...
by Trevor Barratt | Jul 7, 2023 | News
Eurasia Mining PLC reported on Monday this week that its annual loss had widened and its assets and sales were down following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and supply chain interruptions hammering business. Eurasia Mining, the London-headquartered, Russia-focused...
by Trevor Barratt | Jul 7, 2023 | News
A measure has been introduced in the U.S. House to ban imported products containing minerals critical to electric vehicle batteries but mined through child labor and other abusive conditions in DR Congo. The bill targets China, which sponsor Republican Rep. Chris...
