January 15, 2026

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. US$5.9M awarded to 11 organisations and high schools from the UAE, Brazil, Canada, Nepal, Switzerland, Uganda and across six sustainability categories From…

Solana inched higher over the past day while most of the crypto market stayed flat. SOL gained about 2.5% in the last 24 hours and traded near $145 on January 14. Coingecko data of the total crypto market cap showed the market at roughly…

Veolia and SBM Offshore have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to address the convergence of water scarcity, energy transition and industrial transformation, they say. Through this strategic partnership, the companies…

Move aside, Bitcoin. There’s a new king in town. Shockingly, as we enter 2026 it’s looking like the new Bitcoin and Ethereum are Monero and Zcash. Some fans of .cwp-coin-chart svg path { stroke-width: 0.65 !important; }…

Ma’aden has commissioned Metso to supply a gold processing plant for its Ar Rjum mine in the Makkah Region, some 200 km northeast of Ta’if, Ar Rjum, in Saudi Arabia. The order value is approximately €128 million ($149 million).…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Tesla FSDS (Full Self Driving Supervised) is all over the media and Facebook in Australia. I was privileged to be part of a conversation about the…

Rio Tinto and BHP have agreed to work together to extract up to 200 Mt of iron ore at their neighbouring Yandicoogina (pictured) and Yandi iron ore operations in the Pilbara. Under two non-binding Memoranda of Understanding, the companies…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Colombia’s EV market has been setting record after record lately, reaching 10% market share in November and rising to 12.9% (10.7% BEV) in December! Last…

Ethereum just recorded its highest level of new wallet creation so far, with more than 327,000 new addresses being opened each day last week. Even with that surge, the price of ETH stayed fairly steady, which suggests people were using the…

Global mining mergers and acquisitions are increasingly being directed toward Latin America, with nearly 75% of deal value linked to the region, according to a recent assessment by McKinsey & Company. The trend highlights Latin…