Mining

Cornish Lithium secured its first investment through the UK Infrastructure Bank, a major boost to the company as well as Britain's hopes for a domestic mining sector for this metal that is crucial for the transition to electric cars.…

WeWork Inc. stock plummeted by more than 25 percent in extended trading, after the company said there is "substantial uncertainty" about its ability continue to operate. The company said it had sustained losses and cancelled memberships for…

A disruptive technology that comes out of nowhere every few years completely changes the future of global energy systems, slamming us into our awareness like a loud thunderclap. Around 2009-2011, shale fracking was a major…

In his defense, Prateek Gupta - the businessman Trafigura accuses of being the mastermind behind a $590mn Nickel Fraud - has stated that the global commodity trading company "devised" and "proposed" the scheme. Gupta’s defence alleged in…

Next week, two of the biggest mining companies in the world will face the High Court as part of a class action lawsuit that could result in fines of up to £36 billion. This is due to their involvement in a mine disaster which killed 19…

The world's largest mountain range appears as flat as a pancake from sea level. The ridge of mountains and valleys that snakes from north to south is longer than both the Andes Mountains and the North American Cordillera, and in some…

First country to mine battery metals on ocean floor .Norway’s government is readying plans to open an area of ocean nearly the size of Germany to deep-sea mining as it seeks to become the first country to extract battery metals from its sea…

The latest twist in the biggest mining takeover battle in the past decade is that Swiss mining and trading giant Glencore has offered to buy the coal business from Teck Resources in cash. According to the new proposal Glencore would buy…