- December 2024 – Drilling metrics decline overall amid jump in drillholes. READ MORE
- US lawmakers introduced a bill to strengthen the nation's economic and national security by securing a reliable supply of critical minerals and rare earth elements through trade agreements and strategic partnerships. READ MORE
- Trump's pick for trade adviser highlights focus on tariffs, conventional energy. President-elect Donald Trump said he will appoint economist Peter Navarro as senior counselor for trade and manufacturing. Navarro, who supports fossil fuels and trade protectionism, served in Trump's first administration. As a senior counselor to Trump's next administration, he will seek to help Trump roll back environmental regulations and ratchet up oil production. But his primary job will be to support Trump's approach to trade policy. READ MORE
- The government of Mali issued an arrest warrant for Barrick Gold Corp. CEO Mark Bristow over alleged money laundering and violation of financial regulations, Reuters reported, citing a document it obtained. An arrest warrant was also issued for Cheick Abass Coulibaly, general manager of Barrick's Loulo-Gounkoto gold mining complex. READ MORE
- BHP Group Ltd. signed a new memorandum of understanding with China-based steelmaker HBIS Group Company Ltd. to advance decarbonization in the steel value chain, the diversified mining giant said Dec. 4. Building on partnerships that started in 2021, the new agreement will extend efforts to include steel end users and promote the low-carbon transformation of the industry by evaluating life-cycle carbon reduction projects. The new deal will focus on further assessing larger-scale blast furnace abatements, optimizing the use of iron ore from BHP's Australian operations in commercial direct reduced iron-electric arc furnace (DRI-EAF) production, and implementing life-cycle assessment projects to track greenhouse gas reductions. READ MORE
- Rio Tinto Group signed an agreement with Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corp., Swedish investment company Vargas Holding AB, and other partners to study the development of a low-carbon aluminum project in Finland. If it goes ahead, the Arctial project would be the first primary aluminum development in continental Europe in more than 30 years, Rio Tinto said. READ MORE
- Unifying Rio Tinto's dual listing 'does not make sense' – CEO. READ MORE
- Nevada Gold Mines LLC, a joint venture between Barrick Gold Corp. and Newmont Corp., entered into a decarbonization partnership with Quaise Energy Inc. The companies will explore additional decarbonization for Nevada Gold Mines' TS Power Plant in Nevada through the use of geothermal heat. Nevada Gold Mines recently finished building a 200-MW solar power plant and is modifying the TS Power Plant to use natural gas as a fuel source. The joint venture will investigate deep geothermal energy sources in partnership with Quaise. "Nevada Gold Mines is targeting an overall 30% reduction in [greenhouse gas] emissions by 2030." READ MORE
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