May 10, 2023 Rio Tinto to co-fund Finnish solution to recover critical minerals, metals from mine wastewater Weeefiner and Sensmet are developing a solution that will be able to provide water treatment to end-of-life mining sites and selectively recover critical minerals and rare earth metals.
May 9, 2023 Glencore to build Europe’s largest battery recycling plant It has partnered up with Canada’s Li-Cycle to convert an old lead refinery in Italy into a facility to recover key metals from batteries.
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 4, 2023 Nevada regains position as most attractive mining jurisdiction The Fraser Institute's Annual Survey of Mining Companies places Western Australia second, and the Canadian province of Saskatchewan third.
April 28, 2023 Stellantis, Australia’s Alliance Nickel ink deal for battery elements supply Automaker has signed an agreement with the miner for the supply of battery grade nickel and cobalt sulphate from the NiWest project.
April 28, 2023 US-EU critical minerals deal would give EU broader trade relief An accord would essentially allow EU companies to take advantage of some of the benefits in the IRA.
April 28, 2023 Researchers push for using microbes to recover minerals, store carbon from mine tailings A new technique uses microbes to recover metals and store carbon from mine tailings.
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 25, 2023 Congo state miner and China’s CMOC reach agreement on royalties The agreement paves the way for the resumption of minerals exports from Tenke Fungurume.
April 24, 2023 Germany draws up €2 billion state fund to secure key commodities The new financing vehicle could start next year if the ruling coalition agrees on the funding.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
