SA exploration policy in need of radical rethink after spend slumps to 20-year low
EXPLORATION in South Africa’s mining sector sank to a near 20-year ebb in 2020, said BusinessLive citing data published by S&P Global Market Intelligence.
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Trudeau eyes ‘leaps forward’ in integration with US on EVs, critical minerals
Canada and the United States can collaborate more closely on manufacturing electric vehicles and on supplying critical minerals needed to make batteries for cars and other clean technologies, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday.
Read MoreChinese regulators call in Tesla over customer complaints
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese government officials have met representatives from U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Inc over reports from consumers about battery fires, unexpected acceleration and failures in over-the-air software updates, a regulator said on Monday.
Read MoreA short-lived silver rush
Rising inflation expectations and central bank activities are likely to have a more lasting impact on the silver price this year than retail traders trying to force a short squeeze.
Read MoreFord boosts investment plan for EVs and self driving vehicles, reports loss
DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co on Thursday more than doubled the amount of money it plans to invest on electric and autonomous vehicles, to $29 billion, even as it posted a fourth-quarter net loss of $2.8 billion.
Read MoreNorilsk Nickel fined $2 billion for massive fuel spill in the Arctic
Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and nickel, will have to pay a record fine of 146 billion rubles ($1.94 billion) in compensation for a huge fuel spill in the Arctic last May, a Russian court ruled on Friday.
Read MoreGina Rinehart targets EV boom with ‘green’ lithium play
Billionaire Gina Rinehart’s mining empire will help to finance a lithium project in Germany being developed to supply the key ingredient for electric-car batteries needed by Europe’s auto industry.
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