April 30, 2019 Sandvik acquires digital mining technology company Newtrax The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter 2019.
April 30, 2019 US has battery problem in race for electric car supremacy But with demand for lithium set to boom from above 300,000 tons a year to a million tons by 2025, mining companies need to grow fast and they prefer to…
April 30, 2019 Glencore lowers 2019 production forecasts for copper to oil Glencore cut its full-year copper-output goal by about 3% and lowered production targets for other commodities from nickel to oil.
April 30, 2019 Alphamin begins commissioning Bisie tin mine in DRC Commercial production at the tin mine, which is surrounded by dense forest, deeply weathered soils and experiences high rainfall, is expected in the second half of the year.
April 29, 2019 Metso to deliver equipment for Codelco’s El Teniente expansion El Teniente is the world’s largest underground copper mine as well as the largest operation of the Chilean state-owned copper mining company Codelco.
April 29, 2019 NexGen begins Rook I environmental assessment The environmental assessment will be co-ordinated among NexGen and the two governmental bodies.
April 29, 2019 Australia’s Alliance Mineral inks key lithium deal with Chinese EV firm Joint venture with Jiangxi Special Electric Motor, a major Chinese maker of engines for electric vehicles, will allow Alliance to participate in the downstream lithium products market without having to…
April 28, 2019 Scientists use graphene to create diode for cheaper and more durable fluorescent lamps Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology succeeded in creating light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, on a graphene surface.
April 26, 2019 ZEN runs environmental baseline studies for Ontario graphite project The miner is collaborating with the Constance Lake First Nation to incorporate traditional knowledge into the assessments.
April 25, 2019 Explosions threatening lithium-ion’s edge in a battery race Another lithium-ion battery has exploded, this time at an energy-storage complex in the U.S.
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