Tag: Metal and ore
Uranium prices at their highest level since the Fukushima disaster
Uranium ore mining in Niger Geopolitical risks are putting a strain on the supply of the energy raw material. (Photo: Reuters) Zurich The price of uranium has reached its highest…
Three stocks benefiting from higher uranium prices
Nuclear power plant in China in front of the Tian Shan Mountains No country is building any more new nuclear power plants. (Photo: imago images / Danita Delimont) Cologne Uranium…
Can we save the climate with raw materials from the sea?
deep sea mining Humans versus animals: The oceans are full of raw materials, but is that also environmentally friendly? (Photo: Seatools, Getty Images) Berlin Casper has an impressive patience. The…
Volkswagen secures battery raw materials from Brazilian mines
Nickel processing in Indonesia Car manufacturers are increasingly securing direct access to important raw materials. (Photo: Reuters) Zurich, Dusseldorf Car makers Volkswagen and Stellantis and mining group Glencore are backing…
Raw materials from the deep sea are necessary for the fight against climate protection
deep sea mining Humans versus animals: The oceans are full of raw materials, but is that also environmentally friendly? (Photo: Seatools, Getty Images) Berlin Casper has an impressive patience. The…
Gold: Crisis currency rises to record level
gold rate Investors resort to gold as a crisis currency. (Photo: dpa) Zurich, Dusseldorf The price of gold rose to its highest level since August 2020 on Thursday night. According…
Why the “coal guy” Gary Nagle is suddenly going all out for copper
Zurich It is a deal that is intended to fundamentally transform Glencore: in his second year as CEO, Gary Nagle has set himself the goal of taking over the Canadian…
Chinese lithium will remain cheaper because of slave labor
Justin Trudeau at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York The Canadian prime minister relies on the domestic raw materials economy. (Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Press) new York According to Canada’s…
Raw material deposits in international waters – Who is struggling for deep-sea mining
Berlin The Pacific island nation of Nauru has only around 11,000 inhabitants. But it could trigger an earthquake that would fundamentally change not only the sea, the largest ecosystem on…
Japan wants to subsidize raw materials for batteries
Graphite workers in China According to the International Energy Agency, the country also processes 70 percent of its graphite for anodes, the positively charged electrode of a battery. (Photo: The…
Chile’s president wants to put lithium mining under state control
SQM mine Aerial view of brine pools slowly turning to lithium in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. (Photo: dpa) Santiago The Chilean government wants to tighten control over the…
Glencore plans hostile takeover of mining company Teck Resources
copper production Glencore reaches out to a Canadian copper producer. (Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images) Zurich Glencore reaches for the Canadian mining group Teck Resources: The Swiss commodities trader is offering Teck…
New hope for lithium mining in Germany
Mining shaft in the Ore Mountains Despite the sale of the Zinnwald project, the old owner remains the new one. (Photo: Getty Images) Zurich There is movement in the development…
The nickel market is slowly returning to normal
Traders at the London Metal Exchange After the start of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, market participants worried about supply bottlenecks for nickel. The prices then shot up.…
Rock-Tech boss relies on closed lithium cycle
CEO Dirk Harbecke With his company, Harbecke tackles the construction of a lithium converter in Guben, Brandenburg. (Photo: Rock Tech Lithium) Berlin, Zurich Dirk Harbecke, CEO of Rock Tech Lithium,…
California plans its “Lithium Valley”
Research on lithium-ion accumulators The raw material is essential for the tech industry. (Photo: imago images/Rupert Oberhäuser) san francisco A basic study is making America euphoric: According to a recently…
How the EU wants to boost the production of lithium & co
lithium source According to a study by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), the import quota is 100 percent for 14 of the 27 critical raw materials. (Photo: Bloomberg/Getty…
How the West Secures Critical Minerals
Ursula von der Leyen and Justin Trudeau During her trip to the USA and Canada, the security of raw materials is high on the agenda for the EU Commission President.…
These three factors determine the direction
gold The precious metal fell more than five percent in value in February. (Photo: obs) Dusseldorf After a weak February, gold is about to make its third daily gain in…
Cooperation instead of development aid – How Europe and Africa could benefit from the energy transition
Berlin They are the ingredients of the energy transition: lithium, cobalt, manganese. Cell phones won’t work and electric cars won’t drive without these minerals. A large part of these mineral…