February 5, 2021

Nickel price: Indonesia halts deep-sea mining disposal

The world’s biggest nickel producer has not officially banned deep sea tailings but by not issuing new permits could delay planned projects.

February 4, 2021

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Vale and Brazil state sign $7bn deal over Brumadinho; Gina Rinehart targets EV boom with ‘green’ lithium play; Silver price regains ground after two-day wild swing

February 4, 2021

EV battery power hitting roads jumped 40% last year – report

Lithium prices are soaring as 2020 emerged as tipping point for EVs, and Tesla flags battery shortages.

February 4, 2021

Gina Rinehart targets EV boom with ‘green’ lithium play

Rinehart’s mining empire will become a cornerstone investor in Vulcan Energy, which is building a lithium project in Germany.

February 3, 2021

Cruz Cobalt to reassess silver-cobalt projects in Ontario

The Canadian miner said that even though its focus continues to be battery metals, it will investigate its five projects for silver potential.

February 2, 2021

Albemarle shares slip on $1.3 billion stock offering

The company’s stock doubled in 2020 as lithium prices rallied on EV demand.

February 2, 2021

Bacanora seeks $60m to pay for stage 1 of Sonora project

Sonora is regarded as one of the world’s larger known clay lithium deposits.

February 2, 2021

Lithium price in China surges 40% to 18-month high

Heavy demand for new generation LFP batteries lights fire under domestic China lithium carbonate prices boosting Australia spodumene prices in the process.

February 2, 2021

Experts warn of brewing space mining war among US, China and Russia

China and Russia are joining forces to keep America's increasing attempts to dominate extra-terrestrial commerce at bay.

February 1, 2021

Ganfeng ups stake in giant Mexico lithium clay project

Chinese company increases stake to 50% in Bacanora Lithium's Sonora project, one of the largest clay deposits of lithium in the world