‘In the long run…’ Demand, supply, and the economics of resource availability
The mining industry has a problem, bemoaned Codelco chairman Oscar Landerretche…
The mining industry has a problem, bemoaned Codelco chairman Oscar Landerretche…
Notes from the other side: Retired metal merchant, Anthony Lipmann, illuminates metal trading for the young about to enter the world of metals. Part 5: Embrace the chance to see…
As Tom Butcher reports in this issue of The Crucible, by 2026, Australia is projected to need 24,400 more workers in its mining industry. But the numbers of graduates on …
In June this year the Australian Government released its Critical Minerals Strategy for the period to 2030. In this guest article, the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) sets out…
CRU Breakfast 2023 is designed to offer a comprehensive understanding of the core and critical commodities, assessing their potential impacts on the global economy, and evaluating their role in the…
Earth’s cobalt deposits formed much later than previously believed November 21, 2018 by Katie Willis, University of Alberta Cobalt deposits in one of Earth’s largest cobalt-mining regions are 150 million years…
In just a few days, the MMTA is delighted to be welcoming members and delegates in person to the historic UK city of Sheffield for the International Minor Metals Conference…
Global Mining Business Development Forum Speakers will include Chinese government officials, guest officials from African countries, heads of national associations, senior media executives and top-tier academic researchers. As well as…
Resources: Protect of Promote? Dear Members. Good Morning and a very Happy New Year! This Sunday morning, here in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, I am looking out on only a little…
Mines and Money Connect is Europe’s premier mining investment event, connecting miners with money, and investors with opportunity. Mines and Money Connect London is back from 25 – 26 April…
On May 1st of this year, according to press reports, soldiers of the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) descended on the east of the country to…
Online, featuring LME guest speaker Pact’s webinar “Building resilient livelihoods & tackling child labour: Learnings from Pact’s work in Colombia, DRC and Zambia” commemorates Human Rights Day, one year after…
The world of minor metals can be a cruel and unforgiving place. As valuable as these metals are, global markets are small. Tantalum is essential in every computer logic chip.…
The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention is the world premier minerals exploration and mining convention. This annual convention is known for attracting up to 30,000 attendees from…
The Raw Materials Week is an annual event organised by the European Commission. It gathers a wide range of stakeholders discussing policies and initiatives in the field of raw material, providing…
MMTA member Scandinavian Steel has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) for long-term molybdenum supply with Canadian-based Greenland Resources from the latter’s Malmbjerg project in Greenland. …
In 2015, an estimated 62% of global tantalum supply came from Africa, 45% of it from Central Africa, mainly from Rwanda and the DRC. That was not the case in the past and it may not be the case in future….
In Part 1 of this series for The Crucible analysts Andrew Matheson and Patrick Stratton of CPM Group tackle the tension at the heart of Net Zero’s reliance on minor…
The mining and metals industry has an image problem. Dirty, corrupt and exploitative are words that may spring to mind in certain parts of the world. Energy intensive and polluting are probably used even more widely. However, without the mining of ores and their subsequent processing into metals, we would have no buildings, infrastructure, consumer products (not to mention anything even vaguely high-tech), we would literally still be stuck in the Stone Age.
Dear Members Good Afternoon! Once again, a Sunday afternoon here in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. We have been so lucky. Maybe a few warm days (92°F or so), but nothing like…