Minerals

Electric Vehicle Battery

Biden to Invoke Defense Production Act for Electric Vehicle Battery Materials

President Joe Biden will invoke the Defense Production Act to encourage domestic production of minerals required to make batteries for electric vehicles and lon…

EV Market

Ontario Aims to Boost EV Industry as it Announces First Critical Minerals Strategy

As part of its five-year critical minerals strategy announced today, Ontario will invest C$24 million over three years in its Junior Exploration Program, half o…

Natural Gas

TotalEnergies Partners with Oman on Low-Carbon Natural Gas Projects

TotalEnergies has signed with the Ministry of Energy and Minerals of the Sultanate of Oman a series of agreements for the sustainable development of the country…

Coal Mine

Sarda Energy & Minerals Commences Operations at Gare Palma IV/7 Coal Mine in Raigarh

Sarda Energy & Minerals has commenced operations at its Gare Palma IV/7 coal mines at Raigarh.

Carbon Emissions

Australia-South Korea in Low Emission Energy Pact

Australia and South Korea will work together on developing low emissions energy technology and have also signed a pact on critical minerals used to produce low …

Oman

New National Hydrogen Alliance Established in Oman

The Oman Ministry of Energy and Minerals has established a new national hydrogen alliance to boost the regions hydrogen capabilities.

Energy Storage Project

Rio Tinto Readies to Ship Trial Lithium Plant to Serbia

The work, undertaken at a science hub on the outskirts of Melbourne, has found a way to economically extract lithium from jadarite, a mineral that has only been…

Wind Power Project

Madagascar: Rio Tinto to Power Mine Through Renewable Energy

Rio Tinto has signed a power purchase agreement for a renewable energy plant to power QIT Madagascar Minerals ilmenite mine.

Energy Storage Battery

POSCO to Set Up Joint Venture Lithium Production Plant with Australian Company

POSCO will establish a joint venture with Australian mining company Pilbara Minerals to build a lithium hydroxide production plant at the Yulchon Industrial Com…

United States

US to Review Reliance on Critical Minerals Supply from Overseas

The order will also start yearlong reviews into the six sectors: energy, food production, information technology, defence, public health, and transport, to dete…

Coal Mine

India Seeks Australian Participation in Commercial Coal Mining

India’s Coal Minister Mr Pralhad Joshi, after his meeting with Australian minister for resources Mr Keith Pitt, said that India has invited Australia to partic…

Nuclear Power Plant

South Africa: Industry Welcomes Nuclear New Build Plans

The Nuclear Industry Association of South Africa fully supports the plans of nuclear new build programme presented by the Minister of the Department of Minerals…

Energy Storage Material

IEA: These Minerals Are Essential For The Energy Transition

​The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vulnerability of global supply chains, including those of critical minerals essential for a number of clean energy t…

Nuclear Power Plant

Canada and USA to Collaborate on Critical Minerals

Canada and the USA have finalised an agreement to collaborate on improving the security of supply chains and ensure the future competitiveness of their critical…

Scientists Found An Organism Using Rocks As An Energy Source

The microbe Metallosphaera sedula is known to have a penchant for eating minerals. We're not talking about garden-variety granite or chalk, though. This particu…