October 25, 2019 Metals sector in costly battle to turn green Environmental concerns have moved to the top of the agenda in recent years with heightened awareness of climate change amid public protests.
October 24, 2019 Rare earths to be extracted at former Illinois coal mine Canada's Avalon and America's CSA join forces to supply the US with rare earths.
October 23, 2019 Honda brings forward goal to be fully electrified in Europe to 2022 The carmaker had said in March it intended "to move 100% of its European sales to electrified powertrains by 2025.
October 22, 2019 Health and safety bigger risks to artisanal miners that conflict minerals — report First-ever long-term artisanal and small-scale mine site monitoring data study reveals challenges in battery metals supply chains.
October 22, 2019 Rio Tinto kicks off $10m pilot hoping to become the largest lithium miner in US The miner will be extracting lithium from the tailings of its California Boron mine.
October 18, 2019 Lithium Chile gets environmental approvals for Turi exploration drilling Surface access was successfully negotiated in early 2019 with the Turi Indigenous Community.
October 18, 2019 Chilean regulator asks for more time to review Maricunga project Owners Lithium Power International and Bearing Lithium say they were expecting the time extension.
October 17, 2019 DeepGreen makes run at seafloor mining DeepGreen Metals intends to be the world’s first zero tailings miner by retrieving polymetallic base metal nodules from the seafloor.
October 17, 2019 Vancouver’s QMC to produce lithium oxide concentrate in China The Canadian miner shipped spodumene from Manitoba to Guangxi.
October 15, 2019 Uranium One to buy controlling stake in Wealth Minerals’ Chilean lithium project The subsidiary of Russia’s state nuclear company Rosatom may buy up to a 51% interest in Atacama lithium project, located in an area that hosts more than 15% of the…
Codelco, SQM seal lithium venture in Chile’s Atacama desert NovaAndino Litio, the venture, will control all lithium exploration, production and sales in the Atacama salar until 2060. December 27, 2025 | 09:38 am
