European lithium projects are making a fresh push for capital, eager to supply the white metal to a burgeoning network of battery manufacturers and electric vehicle makers across the continent, the world’s second-largest EV market after China. A regional EV supply chain would help achieve European Union goals to lower carbon emissions, cut fossil fuel ... European lithium projects gain attention amid push toward electric vehicles
MINEX Forum | June 14, 2019 European lithium projects are making a fresh push for capital, eager to supply the white metal to a burgeoning network of battery manufacturers and electric vehicle makers across the continent, the world’s second-largest EV market after China. A regional EV supply chain would help achieve European Union goals to lower carbon emissions, cut fossil fuel ... 
A new industrial revolution is brewing in Europe. It is one in which mining is expected to have a central role in redeveloping the continent’s main industries, while embracing an entirely new approach to resources extraction centred on people and green technologies. The automotive sector alone will need greater supplies of lithium, nickel, copper and ... 
New YORK – Don’t expect an upswing in the global uranium market anytime soon. “In our models, we don’t get excited on the demand side,” said Galymzhan Pirmatov, CEO of Kazatomprom, Kazakhstan’s State-owned mining company that’s the world’s biggest supplier. With construction of nuclear power plants at a ten-year low, uranium demand remains weak. That’s ... 
Russian banks are considering increasing gold exports after the central bank said it would only buy at a discount, a move that could potentially pressure global bullion prices. The Bank of Russia made the change to its pricing policy this year, saying it would buy from dealers at a level slightly below the benchmark London ... 
Gas and coal prices are plunging in Europe, hurt by the relentless threat of ever-cheaper clean energy that’s gaining market share and pushing out the fossil fuels in the process. Both energy commodities had their fourth weekly decline, with benchmark Dutch gas posting the biggest first-half slump in a decade. That’s exacerbated by a glut ... 
With rare earths in the cross hairs of the U.S.-China trade war, there’s a sharp focus on who else can sell the critical minerals. Russia could become one supplier. The country accounts for less than 2% of global production, but owns the world’s fourth-biggest reserves, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There are two projects ... 
Poland’s energy market is being left to speculators after repeated interventions by the government have put off long-term investors, the head of market regulator URE told Reuters, describing the situation as a “tragedy”. Maciej Bando, whose five-year term ends in June, said unpredictable decisions by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party aimed at protecting ... 
Portugal plans to open a lithium licensing auction in May, as part of an ongoing bid to expand their lithium production, streamline their refinement process, and become a major power in the global energy market. Starting in May, Portugal plans to launch an international auction of lithium exploration licenses. Bidders would be expected to commit ... 
A new report by S&P Global Market Intelligence predicting that gold production worldwide is likely to set a fresh record in 2019 after a decade of growth in output. Debunking peak gold More than half of the additional output in 2019 will come from new mines expected to come on stream or from recently commissioned ... 
Le Figaro: Serbian copper in Chinese hands China’s acquisition of the Mining and Smelting Combine (RTB) in Bor is just one in the series of Chinese investments in the countries of the former Yugoslavia, under the One Belt, One Road strategy – the renowned French daily, Le Figaro writes. After 20 years of agony and ... 
VIENNA – Back in the 1970s and 1980s when he was keeping America’s nuclear weapons up to date, Robert Kelley didn’t pay much attention to their source of uranium. But then he was reassigned to lead the international team that accounted for the hundreds of tons of the heavy metal Iraq secretly extracted at a ... 
Summary: As fears of a global recession ratchet higher, the economic calendar for the week ahead offers a bunch of key indicators that may provide further fuel to the thinking that bad times lie ahead. The dovish signal from the Fed last week is likely to drive EM FX and stocks higher in the short and ...