1. Barrick Gold is giving employees shares in a program aiming to make them co-owners. Best business initiative I've heard about in a long time....
      


  2. I keep thinking that now is the time to get back into gold, but I also think that almost nothing can move it these...
      


  3. EPA announced a new rule aimed at giving states the independence to determine how to best dispose of coal ash, the toxic metal left from burning...
      


  4. Zimbabwe says it has the reserves to produce a fifth of the world's lithium. Takers? They just got rid of Mugabe finally and I'm...
      


  5. Gold up as dollar and bond yields pull back ahead of Fed activity ... check out these charts calling a breakout:    
      


  6. A 32% drop in the Baltic Dry Shipping Index since mid-December has sparked fear that the price rally in metals may soon be over....
      


  7. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Scott Pruitt said his desire to use the Earth’s resources like oil and coal is grounded in the Bible. In an interview...
      


  8. Gold has dropped for three sessions in a row, and analysts expect further drops ahead of US $258-billion debt auction. Looking at gold prices...
      


  9. Anyone see this US coal deal with Ukraine? This is how Ukraine buys US support--by taking coal that Trump needs to offload to make...
      


  10. Mining and metals deals totaled $51 billion last year, up 15 percent from 2016 and dominated by coal and steel transactions, although the volume...
      


  11. Michigan's Consumers Energy will phase out electricity production from coal by 2040 to slash emissions of heat-trapping gases that cause global warming. The utility plans...
      


  12. Mining.com's done a survey among its readers and has found that a majority expects battery metals led by lithium and cobalt, of course, will...
      


  13. The federal government released its long-awaited draft regulations for the phase-out of coal-fired power in Canada, the first step to fulfilling a central piece...
      


  14. The Department of Energy (DOE) is allocating a total of approximately $6.5 million toward investing in research and development of larger-scale coal-powered systems. The investment will go...
      


  15. The Energy Department's Office of Inspector General has found that a Texas energy company likely charged the Department of Energy $2.5 million in extraneous expenditures ranging from...
      


  16. Chinese companies dominate the cobalt ore market in the DRC. Meanwhile, poor Samsung's battery-making unit has resorted to old battery recycling to save some...
      


  17. After failing to win a bailout for cash-strapped coal plants, some Trump administration officials are considering emergency orders that could keep at least some coal generators...
      


  18. Hah! Now some uranium producers are trying to jump on the 'made in America' band wagon and get Trump to require that 25% of...
      


  19. Reuters reported that Utah's Bureau of Land Management is preparing for a possible rush of mining claims in the area opened up by President Trump's...
      


  20. Deloitte has released its latest trend report on mining and digitization is a prominent feature. Predicting the future is obviously going to be big....
      


  21. China's plans to shift from coal to gas in at least one province was halted and shelved for years, as there is just not...
      


  22. "Vanadium has soared more than 130 percent in the past year, outperforming better-known battery components like cobalt, lithium and nickel.  What’s driving prices is tightening...
      


  23.  About 1% of their power comes from coal. Should we be cheering?


  24. Electric cars will drive higher electricity demand and higher coal and gas demand, too, says Forbes' Jude Clemente. Now, I rarely agree with Clemente's...
      


  25. Lloyd’s of London, the world’s oldest insurance market, has become the latest financial firm to announce that it plans to stop investing in coal...
      


  26. The Minerals Commission confirmed that Ghana has discovered new mineral, Lithium in large commercial quantities. The government is in the process to begin commercial...
      


  27. Apparently, what everyone thinks they know about the relationship between gold and interest rates is wrong, according to some historical data. Gold prices actually...
      


  28. FERC has rejected Perry's proposal that would have supported coal and nuclear power plants. This is a win for natural gas, wind, and solar.


  29. The UK is already one of the most successful countries at growing its economy while reducing emissions. They cut emissions by more than 40...
      


  30. Lithium is making an awful lot of headlines but quantity-wise, there's more cobalt in batteries. There's already talk about a major cobalt rally next...
      

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