December 2020 - MiningNewsWire

ThursdayDec 31, 2020 11:45 am

Outgoing Trump Administration Granting Last-Minute Approvals for Mining Activities on Public Lands

The outgoing Trump administration has been working on approving large-scale energy and mining projects on federal lands. Projects include the construction of a copper mine in Arizona and sanctioning the building of a natural gas pipeline through the Jefferson National Forest in West Virginia and Virginia. These projects show the Forest Service and the Interior Department’s objective to discover ways to grow domestic energy and mining production, in spite of intense protests from activists and environmentalists. The Forest Service controls 193 million acres of public lands while the Interior Department manages 480 million acres. The last-minute approvals show how extensively…

ThursdayDec 31, 2020 11:17 am

Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSE American: UUUU) (TSX: EFR) Supply Agreement with Chemours Represents Commitment to Re-Establish US Rare Earth Supply Chain

UUUU has signed three-year supply agreement with Chemours Company to obtain minimum 2,500 tons of rare earth and uranium-bearing natural monazite ore per year CEO notes company’s excitement about working with Chemours to help “reestablish U.S. rare earth production” Responsible production of REES, uranium from natural monazite ore is important complement to company’s existing programs In what could be called a milestone moment in re-establishing a fully integrated REE supply chain in the United States, Energy Fuels (NYSE American: UUUU) (TSX: EFR) has announced a three-year supply agreement with the Chemours Company (NYSE: CC) (https://ibn.fm/XO0tG). The agreement calls for Energy…

WednesdayDec 30, 2020 11:30 am

ABB Deploys Automation, Electrification Technologies to Increase Sustainable Underground Mining

ABB is a technology firm focused on achieving a productive and sustainable future. Its automation solutions and electrification knowledge have been utilized in a futuristic project that aims to increase productivity by 50% while generating no carbon dioxide emissions. The global tech company has provided connected operations and control-management systems as well as mobile-operator workplaces with high visualization as part and parcel of a worldwide mining partnership to reduce the climate impact. The project, referred to as the Sustainable Underground Mining, was designed by LKAB. The aim of the project is to set a new sustainable mining world standard in…

TuesdayDec 29, 2020 1:00 pm

US Oil, Mining Firms Spared Strict Anti-Corruption Reporting Requirements

Last week the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved regulations governing anti-corruption reports that would apply to mining and energy firms in both Canada and Europe. These rules will require firms to disclose payments made to foreign governments, a move which alerts necessary authorities to possible pay-for-play deals. However, the reports will not include particular disclosures on anti-corruption that are needed by regulators in Canada, EU and the UK, in addition to breakdowns of each project. Various companies, including Equinor from Norway, Shell, BP and Eni, have requested that the SEC line up its rule with the reporting standards of…

MondayDec 28, 2020 1:00 pm

Biggest Global Producer of Copper Plans to Decrease Emissions by 70%

Codelco, located in Chile and the biggest producer of copper in the world, has developed sustainability plans in various areas of action for its projects and operations. The plans include the mine’s aim to reduce carbon emissions by 70%, recycle 65% of its industrial waste and decrease the consumption of inland water by 60% — all by the year 2030. The plan, which focuses on five main points, aims to decrease nearly three-quarters of the carbon emissions generated by the mine by developing what it refers to as a 100% clean-energy matrix. This would mean replacing all the equipment used in…

MondayDec 28, 2020 11:14 am

GoldHaven Resources Corp. (CSE: GOH) (OTCQB: GHVNF) Looks to Thrive as Specialist Forecasts Bright Future for Junior Mining

Mining industry specialist expects next year to be busy for junior miners after temporary halt due to pandemic Junior miners likely to start 2021 with better financing prospects; exploration expected to resume GOH well placed to capitalize on expected junior boom As the metal exploration boom elevates the junior mining industry's outlook, Canada-based GoldHaven Resources (CSE: GOH) (OTCQB: GHVNF) seems well positioned to leverage the favorable environment that industry experts forecast for 2021 (https://ibn.fm/tFPOm). In a panel discussion hosted by Mines and Money, the leading international event series for capital-raising and mining investment, Jessie Chen of Long State Investment asserted…

WednesdayDec 23, 2020 10:45 am

Industry Experts Advise Mining Firms to Transform, Innovate — or Be Left Behind

IntelliSense.io recently had an event that centered on a discussion around mining processes and technology and the future of mining. The session included BHP’s head of innovation Cleve Lightfoot, senior VP of Oilfield & Mining solutions Damien Caby; Ippei Akiyoshi of the CVC Mineral Resources Group; and Sam G Bose, CEO and founder of IntelliSense.io. The themes discussed during the forum focused on why the mining industry requires change, what the industry would look like in the future and how the industry could adopt innovation. At the center of this discussion was the view that mining processes and technology were…

TuesdayDec 22, 2020 12:30 pm

Fieldfisher Releases Financing Report for the Mining Sector

Fieldfisher, a European company with market-leading practices in many sectors globally, recently released its third-edition mining guide for alternative financing. The report looks into the finance landscape in mining, based on the experience of the metals and mining team working with lenders and borrowers in times that are changing rapidly for early-stage and junior-exploration mining firms. The last report published by the firm was released in 2018. Since then, the company’s metals and mining team has counselled on metals and mining sector deals worth more than $2 billion. These include green-financings and complex-production-based financing deals, which are in compliance with…

MondayDec 21, 2020 12:45 pm

Natural Resource Industry to Benefit from Hydrogen Energy Initiative

An alliance between seven world-leading firms has recently been announced that will speed up the production and scale of green hydrogen by 50 times in the next six years. This will aid in the transformation of the most carbon-intensive industries in the world, which include the shipping, steelmaking, power generation, mining and chemicals industries. The initiative, christened the Green Hydrogen Catapult, will see leaders in the green hydrogen industry such as Yara, Envision, Ørsted, ACWA Power, Snam, CWP Renewables and Iberdrola focus on the distribution of 25 GW of renewables-based hydrogen production to the year 2026. Their aim is to…

FridayDec 18, 2020 12:15 pm

Expected Shortage of Lithium in Mining Industry Prompts New Exploration

A Forbes article recently reported that, while the price of lithium has been decreasing drastically since 2018 as more and more individuals purchase electric vehicles, lithium stocks may regain some momentum and win big. This is mainly because not many projects are currently making lithium, which the world is in need of. The World Bank notes that when compared to the current demand for lithium, we will require five times as much lithium globally in order to meet the world climate targets by the year 2050. With this in mind, the financial entity is worried that by the year 2025,…

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