Interior Alaska mine poised to remain a key gold producer and economic driver for years to come. FAIRBANKS, Alaska – Two decades after its first gold pour, Pogo mine has evolved from a modest, 10-year operation into a cornerstone Interior Alaska…

In the name of increased nickel demand, primarily for electric vehicles, Indonesia’s Marine Protected Areas enter the crosshairs of industry. As the global economy and all its good conscience makes strides in shifting toward renewable energy, so too does it…

Venezuela’s effort to attract foreign investors to develop its gold, iron and bauxite seams has enthusiastic backing from the Trump administration but faces big challenges, including armed groups with deep interests in the chaotic, largely illegal prospecting industry that has developed…

Namibia Critical Metals (TSX-V:NMI, OTCQB:NMREF) said on Monday it has appointed seasoned hydrometallurgist Niels Verbaan as vice president, metallurgy, as the Canadian junior miner pushes to advance its Lofdal Heavy Rare Earth Project in Namibia toward a definitive feasibility study. Verbaan,…

Batteries with anodes made of lithium metal promise electric vehicles (EVs) that go twice as far between charges as cars powered by today’s batteries, which rely on graphite anodes. But lithium-metal anodes have been held back because, over the course…

A new approach reveals unexpected ways oxygen can bind to rare metals. Iron plays a central role in how the body uses oxygen. In hemoglobin, it binds dioxygen, a pair of oxygen atoms, allowing blood to carry oxygen to tissues.…

Analysts note that Asia is most vulnerable to volatility in base metals due to a lack of buffers. SCARCITY in industrial metals, particularly in Asia, due to supply bottlenecks caused by the war in the Middle East is stoking fears…

Zambia is expanding development of its rich deposits of critical minerals, which are needed for the global shift to renewables. But poisoning from past mining and a huge toxic spill at a mine site are raising fears that new wealth…