October 15, 2024 FPX completes pilot refinery tests by making battery-grade nickel sulphate This accomplishment follows last year’s successful bench-scale test program.
October 15, 2024 Eramet cuts targets for Gabon and Indonesia mines on market, permit setbacks The Moanda mine in Gabon and the Weda Bay mine in Indonesia are each the world's biggest for their respective minerals.
October 15, 2024 Critical Metals licence for Greenland rare earths deposit extended Critical's majority-owned Tanbreez project in Greenland, is considered the world’s largest rare earth deposit.
October 12, 2024 Rio Takes step toward M&A redemption with $6.7 billion lithium bet Modest by comparison with past splurges, the all-cash deal is a significant and long-awaited expansion of Rio’s bet on lithium.
October 11, 2024 Rio Tinto’s real prize: Arcadium’s lithium extraction technology Arcadium, through a predecessor company, was the first to develop an early version of a DLE technology in the 1990s.
October 11, 2024 Copper prices to hit record high in Q4 2024 on Fed cuts and China stimulus – Fastmarkets Analysts expect prices around $10,265 per tonne in the last quarter of the year.
October 11, 2024 Savannah CEO sees lithium price rebound by start of Portugal project Savannah expects to bring the Barroso project onstream as early as possible in 2027.
October 11, 2024 Patriot Lithium expands into copper with Zambia project Patriot believes the Katwaro project will complement its lithium assets and provide jurisdictional diversity.
October 10, 2024 Northvolt says it will be able to pay its upcoming taxes Cash-strapped Northvolt announced in September that it would slim down and cut jobs.
October 10, 2024 Teck CEO says Canada must spend more to erode China’s critical minerals dominance Price noted that Canada has committed $4 billion over eight years to support critical mineral development, compared to $20 billion that China invested in 2023.
Alrosa flags smaller-than-expected decline in annual diamond output Alrosa is the world's largest producer of diamonds, accounting for around a third of global output. December 23, 2025 | 07:20 am
