MGX Minerals President and CEO Jared Lazerson Demand from electric vehicles is blowing up lithium mining. In 2015, 174,000 tonnes of lithium worth $1.2 billion

The twelve key talks coming up in Chile that will keep copper enthusiasts on their toes. (Data: Chile’s Gov’t. | Graph: MINING.com.) Copper forecasters are

Shares in Condor Gold (LON:CNR) jumped Friday after the Nicaragua-focused miner submitted further technical studies to the country’s Ministry of Environmental and Natural Resources (MARENA) for permitting

Experiments replicating conditions at the core of Earth could help scientists understand how the planet and its atmosphere were formed. Source: Science Daily

Acacia Mining (LON:ACA), Tanzania’s No.1 gold producer, said Friday production fell sharply again in the second quarter of the year as a long-dragged row with the East

The price of copper suffered its seventh straight day of declines on Thursday, losing more than 3% in New York to $2.8205 or $6,220 a

Benchmark seaborne thermal coal prices jumped to $120.10 per tonne on Thursday, its highest level since November 2012, thanks to tight supply in key Asian

Australia’s Lucapa Diamond (ASX:LOM) said Thursday production at its 40%-owned prolific Lulo project, in Angola, rose 20% during the June quarter. Production at the mine, which

There may also be a gold angle to the electric vehicle revolution, argues the Gold Council in a study that looks at precious metal and

Researchers have reconstructed the 1929 Grand Banks underwater avalanche to better understand these common geohazards, which threaten critical seafloor infrastructure. Source: Science Daily

Future global warming may eventually be twice as warm as projected by climate models under business-as-usual scenarios and even if the world meets the 2°C

World’s second largest miner Rio Tinto (ASX, LON:RIO) said its recent decision to consolidate the sales and marketing teams in London and other European countries into