June 21, 2024 US lithium clay projects secure backing despite extraction hurdles The United States’ great hope for domestic lithium supply could lie in the massive-scale, long-life sediment-hosted deposits in its southwestern region.
June 21, 2024 SQM and Talga team up on Aero lithium project in Sweden The Chilean lithium miner can earn up to a 70% interest in Aero, which will grant it a foothold in the European market.
June 20, 2024 EnergyX to build lithium plant in US ‘Ark-La-Tex’ region Project Lonestar Lithium will have a target production of 5,000 tons/year in Phase 1, and 25,000 tons/year in Phase 2, the company said.
June 19, 2024 Omnigen Energy gets $46 million financing to develop 20 solar power plants in Minas Gerais Minas Gerais is the largest distributed generation market in Brazil with 2.5GWp already installed.
June 19, 2024 Sandvik introduces AutoMine Interoperable ACS for autonomous underground mining New capability enables non-Sandvik, third-party autonomous equipment to operate seamlessly in AutoMine access-controlled isolated zones.
June 18, 2024 Rio Tinto to invest $165 million in Quebec aluminum smelter renovation The miner asaid it will offset the carbon emissions related to the construction project through initiatives like planting trees near the aluminium smelter.
June 18, 2024 US energy storage market hits installation record in Q1 New record marks the highest storage capacity ever installed in a first quarter in the US, representing an 84% increase from Q1 2023.
June 18, 2024 Newmont contracts Wood to enhance Papua New Guinea mine A contract totalling $18 million was given to Wood to support the capital works program at the the gold mining operation.
June 17, 2024 Cameco, SaskPower, Westinghouse to explore nuclear reactor tech for clean electricity SaskPower is expected to make a final investment decision in 2029 whether to proceed with constructing the first SMR facility in Saskatchewan.
June 17, 2024 Japan, Chile boost ties in lithium extraction, supply Japanese firms would have long-term preferential access to the battery metal in exchange for adding value and transferring skills.
Mkango launches rare earth plant in Britain using recycled materials The new plant adds to Britain's strategy to increase critical minerals supply, aiming to meet 10% of domestic demand from local mining and 20% from recycling by 2035. January 15, 2026 | 08:55 am
