May 10, 2023

Allkem, Livent merge to create world’s third largest lithium miner

The all-share business combination creates a giant lithium firm with forecasted production capacity of 248,000 tonnes of LCE a year.

May 9, 2023

Metso awarded major concentrator plant equipment order for Zijin Mining’s copper project in China

The value of the order is approximately €85 million.

May 9, 2023

Vale and France’s GravitHy sign carbon neutral steel study

The agreement will focus on studies to build a factory to produce briquettes from Vale's high-grade iron ore through direct reduction.

May 8, 2023

Tesla breaks ground on massive Texas lithium refinery

The move will make Tesla the only major automaker in North America that will refine its own lithium.

May 8, 2023

Metso Outotec changes name, receives $18 million order  

The board of directors approved a proposal to change the company name to Metso Corporation. 

May 8, 2023

Silver nanoparticles may become key ingredient of emission-free power

New approach to building thermoelectric modules allows for converting the energy they produce into emission-free power.

May 8, 2023

US to speed up South32’s Hermosa manganese-zinc project

The Arizona-based project is the first mining asset added to the FAST-41 process, which speeds up development of clean energy and other infrastructure.

May 7, 2023

Filtering device that efficiently recovers lead may also be used for retrieving battery metals from water

A new capacitive deionization device can adsorb lead much more efficiently than similar devices.

May 5, 2023

ABB completes acquisition of Siemens low voltage NEMA motor business

The line of horizontal and vertical induction severe duty and general purpose motors will be re-branded as ABB and reintroduced to the market during second quarter of 2023.

May 4, 2023

Albemarle open to renegotiating Chile lithium contract early

Chile and Albemarle could cement their dominant role in the global lithium and EV industries if they can get one or more DLE technology to succeed.