March 24, 2021 Chile lawmakers want a bigger share of the copper windfall Chile’s lower house has approved a proposed royalty on copper and lithium sales.
March 24, 2021 Mexico eyes bigger role in lithium, sees speculation in mining concessions Earlier this month, Lopez Obrador said his government was studying a proposal by a lawmaker in his ruling party to nationalize lithium production.
March 24, 2021 EV battery startup poaches oil veterans to build Arctic factory Freyr plans to start a pilot plant near the Arctic Circle in Norway by next year.
March 24, 2021 Freeport, Tsingshan finalising $2.8bn copper smelter next week The smelter will have an input capacity of 2.4 million tonnes of copper concentrate and an output capacity of 600,000 tonnes.
March 24, 2021 Musk grabs Elon lithium project in Quebec Musk Metals, known until early March as Gold Plus Mining, is adding the battery metal to its gold-focused portfolio.
March 23, 2021 Top 14 UBS battery metals forecasts after VW teardown UBS says ID.3 is the “most significant bet on EVs made by any legacy carmaker to date” prompting a super bullish upgrade to demand for lithium, nickel, cobalt, rare earth…
March 22, 2021 Lithium extraction pilot plant planned at Clayton Valley NeoLith Energy’s approach aims to reduce production time from over a year to weeks.
March 19, 2021 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Mining profits reach $230 billion a year, topped only by oil & gas, pharma; Lithium prices continue to soar – up 88% in 2021; Massive new port could give Vale…
March 19, 2021 Investors flock back to lithium as battery bust turns to boom Investors are betting big on a lithium comeback less than three years after prices of the metal used in rechargeable batteries collapsed.
March 19, 2021 Securing raw materials key to China’s economic, carbon neutrality goals – report A report by Wood Mackenzie states that China needs to secure a competitive supply of raw materials to guarantee its clean growth.
Tiernan Gold set to debut on TSX Venture Exchange Tiernan Gold heads to the TSXV with a flagship Chile project and Hochschild as its top shareholder. December 17, 2025 | 09:44 am