Category: Mines and Mining

Why Deep-Sea Mining Is the Next Battleground in the Energy Transition

Countries and companies are in a fight between those that want to excavate minerals used in electric vehicles and others that warn the cost is too high.
Lithium Scarcity Pushes Carmakers Into the Mining Business

Ford, General Motors and others are striking deals with mining companies to avoid raw material shortages that could thwart their electric vehicle ambitions.
Walking 36 Miles Through the Wales Countryside

Walking 36 miles through the Welsh countryside, a writer considers a proposed new national forest, which is designed to help tackle climate change, boost biodiversity and promote nature tourism.
The U.S. Needs Minerals for Electric Cars. Everyone Else Wants Them Too.

The United States is entering an array of agreements to secure the critical minerals necessary for the energy transition, but it’s not clear which of the arrangements can succeed.
A Journey Into Norway’s Endless Night

On the Svalbard archipelago, during the months without sunlight, one starts to see strange things in the dark.
Fight Over Corruption and Congo’s Mining Riches Takes a Turn in Washington

Dan Gertler, an Israeli billionaire, is pressing President Biden to remove sanctions that were imposed on him for bribe-fueled transactions in the impoverished African country.
Falling Lithium Prices Are Making Electric Cars More Affordable

An unexpected decline in the price of an essential battery material, along with those of other commodities, is good news for buyers. But experts disagree on how long low prices will last.
Alabama Mining Strike Ends Without a Deal After Nearly Two Years

The strike at the Warrior Met Coal mine was one of the longest in U.S. history, but the price of coal soared during the walkout, giving the company leverage.
A Copper Mine Could Advance Green Energy but Scar Sacred Land

Tribal groups are fighting an Arizona project whose backers say increasing the supply of copper, crucial to batteries, would reduce fossil-fuel use.
Journalist and Curator to Direct Jewelry Organization

Melanie Grant, who spearheaded Sotheby’s ‘Brilliant and Black’ exhibition, has been named executive director of the Responsible Jewellery Council.
Fire. Rainbow. Peacock. They’re All Opals.

Other precious gems are more valuable. ‘But in beauty,’ one miner said, ‘there is no stone that can be compared to it.’
Tiffany Buys Some of a Legendary Diamond Mine’s Last Finds

The new Tiffany Collection comprises 35 gems, including an unusual red stone, from the Argyle Diamond Mine in Australia.