September 29, 2022 Ero Copper shares rise on nickel discovery near its Caraiba mill in Brazil The discovery, known as the Umburana System, has been traced for 5 km so far and is open in all directions.
September 29, 2022 Rio Tinto starts producing spodumene at Quebec plant The Quebec plant was commissioned in June and produced its first ton of spodumene concentrate in July.
September 29, 2022 BC leads all Canadian provinces in EV transition, report shows Electric Mobility Canada has released a scorecard comparing how Canadian provinces and territories are doing at supporting consumers in their transition to electric vehicles.
September 28, 2022 Australia’s mining state aims to build battery manufacturing hub Western Australia is the world’s biggest exporter of lithium.
September 28, 2022 S.Korea’s SK On inks deal with Global Lithium Resources for lithium supply SK On will also explore additional business opportunities in the battery value chain, such as mining minerals.
September 28, 2022 Peru targets local lithium battery production, official says Peru currently produces no lithium and no country in Latin America produces lithium batteries at a commercial scale even if they do mine lithium.
September 28, 2022 CATL plans $1.9 billion battery project in China’s Luoyang city Construction of the project will take up to three years, CATL said.
September 28, 2022 Foran’s ambitious net zero plans for McIlvenna Bay attract investors Foran has had a busy year as it advances the McIlvenna Bay copper-zinc-gold project in Saskatchewan, which it says will be the world’s first zero-carbon operation.
September 27, 2022 Rio Tinto warns miners not moving fast enough on lithium extraction Lithium consumption needed “to surge way above anything that’s planned to be mined,” says minerals chief Sinead Kaufman.
September 26, 2022 Argentine state-run miners launch first-time lithium project Units of Argentina's state oil firm YPF will start work on a 20,000 hectare area lithium prospecting project in Fiambala.
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