April 25, 2023 Finland’s Fortum begins battery material recovery from EV ‘black mass’ Black mass is the shredded material that comes from used batteries, which can include lithium, cobalt, and nickel.
April 24, 2023 Chile’s lithium nationalization shines light on emerging tech DLE technologies are designed to extract the metal using filters, membranes, ceramic beads or other equipment.
April 24, 2023 US-based researchers develop efficient process to transform scrap aluminum into new vehicle parts A new process reduces more than 50% of the embodied energy and more than 90% of the CO2 emissions used for transforming scrap aluminum into new vehicle parts.
April 21, 2023 Lundin Mining CEO eyes Chile exploration, growth after big M&A bet The company is setting targets for its new Caserones mine and waiting to expand its existing Candelaria mine.
April 21, 2023 Sandvik profit just misses forecast, order intake rises Company reported Q1 operating profit slightly below analyst expectations on Friday.
April 21, 2023 Storm Mountain Diamonds finds giant pink rock in Lesotho The 108.39ct fancy pink diamond is said to be one of the largest roughs of the colour ever found in Africa, behind the 170ct “Lulo Rose”.
April 20, 2023 Mining lithium in abandoned oil fields for tomorrow’s EVs Several upstart miners have bought land rights to nearby abandoned oil fields in Canada and begun developing extraction technology of their own.
April 20, 2023 Tailings dams affect diversity of upstream fish species – study Brazilian researchers found that streams flowing into tailings storage dams had fewer catfish species.
April 19, 2023 Chile’s drought hits Antofagasta’s copper output in Q1 It produced 145,900 tonnes of copper in the period, down 25.4% from Q4 2022 on water shortages at Los Pelambres and lower grades at Centinela.
April 18, 2023 Mesto Outotec doubles Brazilian screening manufacturing to meet demand The total Sorocaba production capacity will grow to 500 from 250 units per year.
Copper price spreads ease in sign squeeze will prove short-lived Contracts maturing tomorrow closed at a $2 premium to those expiring a day later, after the one-day spread briefly spiked to a huge premium of $100 a ton. January 21, 2026 | 07:25 am