February 16, 2023 Piedmont Lithium, LG Chem sign equity investment and offtake agreements LG Chem will purchase 1,096,535 newly-issued shares of Piedmont common stock for $75 million.
February 16, 2023 Peru protests jolt mine activity with Las Bambas, Antapaccay hit hardest The world's no. 2 copper producer has been roiled by protests since the Dec. 7 ouster of President Pedro Castillo.
February 16, 2023 De Beers confident talks will deliver a Botswana diamond deal The Anglo American unit is in talks with the Botswana government to extend mining rights that expire in 2029.
February 16, 2023 Newcrest CEO says ball in Newmont’s camp in takeover talks “The company is not up for sale and this was unsolicited,” Sherry Duhe said in an interview with Bloomberg.
February 16, 2023 Newcrest to trial 4G LTE, 5G technologies underground at Cadia Valley This announcement follows previous engagements with Ericsson and Telstra to trial private 4G LTE at the Lihir mine and more recently for surface operations at Cadia.
February 16, 2023 Rio Tinto, Marubeni agree on first sale of high-purity aluminum The low-carbon-aluminum deal comes as Japan targets zero net carbon emissions by 2050.
February 16, 2023 Teck said to plan coal spinoff to focus on metals The miner is expected to make an announcement on the spinoff as early as next week.
February 16, 2023 Albemarle expects 40% Chinese EV market growth to drive lithium demand Chinese lithium customers are not slowing orders and the country's stockpiles of cathodes and battery parts are decreasing.
February 16, 2023 Mitsubishi Materials targets more mines to triple copper output by 2030 Company is also considering mergers and acquisitions in rare earth and lithium-ion battery recycling.
February 16, 2023 South32 sees China manganese demand up as half-year profit falls A pick-up in property-related steel demand from China would underpin higher manganese prices in coming months, CEO Graham Kerr said.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
