The President and CEO of Swedish mining company LKAB Jan Mostrom and Sweden’s Energy Minister Ebba Busch host a joint news conference at LKAB in Kiruna, Sweden upon the discovery of Europe’s largest deposit of rare earth metals. Photo credit: TT News Agency / Jonas Ekstromer. By Anders Lorenzen The Swedish state-owned mining company, LKAB, (Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag) has announced […]
We Just Protected a Pristine Midwest Wilderness from Mining Dangerous mining plans threatened to ruin a pristine wilderness and a town’s thriving economy. Until we stepped in. Canoeing the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Northern Minnesota Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice Deep in the Minnesota woods lies the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, one of North America’s most pristine […]
The rise of electric vehicles comes with hard choices. The availability of cobalt and lithium needed to make batteries, for example, may be so limited that we must begin new mining projects to make enough batteries for the EV fleet of the future. We talk with Trent Mell, CEO of Electra Battery Materials, whose goal is to make North American […]