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Solar industry with strong demand for silver
The purchase of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules for private households and companies has increased in the past year. In the US, the tax break for purchasing renewable energy will expire in 2022. Customers use the credit while it is still valid to save money …
Use of Mangan reaches new highs
Although not a well known or understood industrial raw material, manganese is the fourth most common metal by tonnage after iron, aluminum and copper. Most of the manganese extracted worldwide is used to improve the strength and toughness of steel or to remove …
Pieridae Energy to decide on LNG facility this week
A project in Nova Scotia remains a bright light among Canada's battered LNG hopes. Pieridae Energy Ltd. Calgary \\\[PEA-TSX\\\] is expected to make a final investment decision before June 30 for its $ 10 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in …
Saskatchewan is slowly becoming a mining hot spot
The Canadian Prairie Province of Saskatchewan has an astonishing number of mineral resources and is home to mines in many places: uranium, potash, copper, zinc, gold, nickel-cobalt, rare earths and more. The La Ronge-Flin Flon area is a very promising mineral …
Gran Colombia finishes the Gold X Mining takeover
Gran Colombia Gold Corp. \\\[GCM-TSX; TPRFF-OTCQX\\\] has acquired all of the issued and outstanding common stock of Gold X Mining Corp. \\\[GLDX-TSXV; GLDXF-OTCQX\\\], which were not already owned by Gran Colombia, were closed by a statutory plan of …
Argentina mining operation becomes largest lithium mine on the continent
Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC) (NYSE: LAC) announced today that the company and its partner Ganfeng Lithium have commenced development planning for a second expansion of at least 20,000 tons per year of lithium carbonate equivalent ("LCE") production capacity …
Portugese robot to explore flooded underground mines
As the Macau News Agency (MNA) reports, the Institute for Systems Engineering and Computers, Technology and Science (INESC TEC) from Portugal has developed a robot for exploring flooded underground mines that can navigate autonomously for eight hours. …
Aussie mining sector with slower growth than expected
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported today that while the domestic mining sector had sustained growth across all major data items in 2020, it slowed year over year. The report showed that mining EBITDA growth slowed from 14.2% ($ 19.4 billion) …
Russia is becoming the world´s largest gold producing country
Russia plans to become one of the world's largest producers of gold and platinum group metals within the next decade by starting the development of the Sukhoi Log and Fedorova Tundra projects - two of the largest resource-rich regions in the country in terms …
Gran Colombia plans to produce up to 220,000 ounces this year
Gran Colombia Gold Corp. \\\[GCM-TSX; TPRFF-OTCQX\\\] is a growth-oriented mining company that is 100% owner of one of the highest grade gold mines in the world. Gran Colombia's Segovia operation in northwest Colombia, which has been in production for over a …