The U.S. and Canada should “jointly invest” in North American critical minerals and energy megaprojects, Canada’s minister of energy and natural resources said Tuesday, raising eyebrows as Canada continues to grapple with the threat of punishing tariffs — and concerns the country could risk relinquishing total control of its natural resource wealth. Such an alliance […]
Mashina follows a machine of the same name as she mines the earth for useful materials to use to take care of a community of robots. In this game from the creators of Judero (which was our Game of the Year for 2024), our metallic heroine lives on a strange world with an array of […]
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Visualizing Europe’s Dependence on Chinese Resources This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Despite efforts to reduce dependence on China for critical materials, Europe remains heavily reliant on Chinese resources. This […]
China has a chokehold on the world’s supply of critical minerals – and experts are warning the situation is a major risk to US national security if the government doesn’t step up its efforts to compete. Control over rare earth metals – which are needed to build everything from the semiconductors that power iPhones to […]
Canadian trade negotiators are wagering that the country’s vast critical minerals resources could be decisive in talks over U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s threatened 25-per-cent tariff on industrial exports this month. But playing the critical minerals card will be tactically tricky and the odds of success are long, energy transition experts say. Trump this week doubled down […]
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. Natasha Kumari cleans up after mining companies. This 31-year-old from Burnaby, British Columbia, is vice president of marketing and operations for Tersa Earth, which uses nature-based solutions to clean the water in mining tailings ponds and […]
Rare earth elements, a series of chemically very similar elements, have been much in the news in recent years because they are critical in many high-tech applications. This deposit at Mountain Pass, California, was discovered in the late 1940s and supplied much of the global demand for decades. However, the uses of rare earths were […]
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Visualizing the Supply Deficit of Battery Minerals This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. The world currently produces a surplus of key battery minerals, but this is projected to shift to […]
“Imagine yourself in 1827 … Winter approaches. You are cold and hungry in a strange land… Your priorities: food, shelter, and smelting lead for income to stay alive.” So begins the Iowa County Historical Society’s introduction to the Dodge Mining Camp Cabin. Through this log cabin, which is the oldest building in the county, you […]
PARIS, Dec 17 (Reuters) – The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints against Apple AAPL.O subsidiaries in France and Belgium, accusing the tech firm of using conflict minerals in its supply chain, lawyers for the Congolese government told Reuters. Source link