Atlas to build NA’s first salt mine in decades
Atlas Salt (TSXV: SALT) says it plans to develop the Great Atlantic Salt (GAS) deposit in Newfoundland and Labrador into the continent’s first mine for the kitchen and winter road…
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Arafura secures A$200M for Nolans rare earths project nearing build decision
Arafura Rare Earths (ASX: ARU) has secured a A$200-million ($180-million) investment from the Australian government’s National Reconstruction Fund Corp. to advance the A$2.8-billion capex Nolans rare earth project in the…
Sodium-ion batteries could rival lithium-ion in cost, Stanford study finds
Sodium-ion batteries could rival lithium-ion batteries in cost by the 2030s, according to a new Stanford study. The study by Sustainability’s Precourt Institute for Energy and the SLAC-Stanford Battery Center evaluated…
Biden signs order to power-up AI infrastructure
U.S. President Joe Biden issued an executive order Tuesday to support the development of the country’s artificial intelligence infrastructure and meet the enormous energy requirements from AI data centres in…
Supply shortage looms for critical battery raw materials by 2030: McKinsey
Vehicle and battery makers are “likely to confront persistent long-term challenges” in keeping up with demand by the end of the decade, according to a new report by McKinsey &…
London Symposium: Quebec out in front of green energy transition with support for tech, miners
Transitioning away from fossil fuel usage calls for greater collaboration between government and industry to meet the huge demands on critical minerals mining for producing low-carbon technologies. In Canada, the…
JV Article: How ICP Premium harnesses algo trading to work for small and mid-cap stocks
High frequency trading has transformed the capital markets since its introduction over 20 years ago – in many ways for the better, says David Campbell, one of the founders of…
RANKED: Top 20 automakers by EV battery metal spending
While the global electric car market has certainly slowed down from the rapid growth of the last few years, particularly in Europe, year to date unit sales (including plug-in and…
Graphjet opens 3,000-tonne-a-year green graphite plant in Malaysia
The new facility has the capacity to recycle up to 9,000 metric tons of palm kernel shells annually, producing up to 3,000 metric tons of graphite per year.
Antofagasta propels green energy with South America’s first hydrogen-powered locomotive
Chile-focused Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) aims to become the first mining company to use a hydrogen-powered locomotive in South America. It’s part of the copper producer’s efforts to develop alternatives to…
Aldebaran soars to new high as it teams up with Rio Tinto’s Nuton at Altar
Aldebaran Resources (TSXV: ALDE, US-OTC: ADBRF) shares climbed to an all-time high of $1.98 following news that it’s teaming up with Nuton, Rio Tinto‘s (NYSE: RIO) sulphide leaching technology venture,…
Rio Tinto adopts space tech for lithium exploration in Argentina
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has adopted space technology from Australia’s Fleet Space to boost its exploration efforts at its Rincon lithium project in Argentina. The world’s…