Electra’s refinery – which is targeted for commissioning in 2027 – will be the first of its kind in North America.
China has field-tested an intelligent robotic mining vehicle at a depth of 2,000 meters (6,561 feet) in the western Pacific Ocean.
Op-ed: The minerals of Lubumbashi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's second-largest city, electrified the world, created ...
While this was aimed at increasing government's control over the country’s resources, the state also seeks to curb illegal ...
Scientists have discovered that deep-sea mining plumes can strip vital nutrition from the ocean’s twilight zone, replacing natural food with nutrient-poor sediment. The resulting “junk food” effect ...
A Chinese research vessel docked in the Cook Islands Saturday as it probed the Pacific nation's deep-sea mining potential, a ...
Laura Kupe dives into how the DRC is leveraging its control over its critical resources in the global energy market.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended activities at a Chinese-operated mining site in the south of the resource-rich country after a spill, mines minister Louis Watum Kabamba said late on ...
Quiet for more than 40 years now, silver mines around the northern Ontario town of Cobalt could soon be starting up again. That's thanks to record prices for silver, which has been hitting $50 U.S.
Ontario, Canada-based Electra Battery Materials has restarted construction of its North America cobalt sulphate refinery after securing about $82m in project financing.
The company says full-scale construction will start in early 2026, and recently appointed Paolo Toscano oversee the project.
Research shows that deep discharge of mining waste must be assessed, as its impact on ocean ecosystems varies and could cause ...