Loading
Rare earth: plans approved for Yangibana plant in Hastings
Hastings Technology Metals has received environmental approval from the Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment (DAWE) for a hydrometallurgical plant in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. The Onslow rare earth plant will be constructed in the Ashburton...
Magnesium: EU in talks with China to avert catastrophic crisis
European leaders, concerned about the effect a global magnesium shortage will have on the European Union’s industrial recovery from the pandemic, have opened talks with China, which supplies the bloc with about 95% of the silver-white metal used to make...
Copper: Zijin opens Serbia’s largest mine
Zijin Mining, China’s largest gold miner and one of the country’s leading copper producers, has started operations at its Cukaru Peki copper and gold mine in Serbia. The resource, part of the Timok project, is expected to make the Balkan country the second...
Natural gas: Nord Stream 2 will start selling gas to Europe immediately after its approval
Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly said that Russia will be able to start natural gas supplies to Europe via the Nord Stream 2 pipeline as soon as it gets the green light from Germany. The pipeline, funded by Kremlin-owned energy giant Gazprom and its...