November 15, 2020 Left-wing party calls for nationalization of Quebec’s lithium, graphite mines Québec Solidaire proposes that before taking over lithium and graphite assets, the province passes a mining expropriation law.
November 15, 2020 Scientists want sodium-ion batteries to compete with Li-ion batteries A team of researchers in Asia and Europe are working to speed up research into sodium-ion batteries.
November 13, 2020 Tianqi Lithium says no cash flow improvement as debt clock ticks Company financial situation has not improved in recent weeks as a major repayment deadline on a $3.5 billion loan looms.
November 13, 2020 Gangfeng ups stake in Sonora lithium project Bacanora Minerals' Chinese partner more than doubled its stake in the Mexican project.
November 12, 2020 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Gold price tumbles on covid vaccine breakthrough; UK court blocks lawsuit against BHP over Brazil dam burst; Alrosa’s pink diamond sets new record price at auction
November 12, 2020 Chile vows to take Albemarle to arbitration over royalty spat The latest spat comes two months after Albemarle locked horns with Chilean nuclear agency CCHEN over reserves data.
November 12, 2020 US miners tout environmental credentials in wake of Biden victory With Biden proposing to hasten the demise of coal and other fossil fuels with his $2-trillion climate plan, miners of so-called strategic metals are hoping Biden's team sees them as…
November 11, 2020 Deep-sea mineral platform launches for mining dialogue New resource exploitation industries need new frameworks for governance, the World Economic Forum reports.
November 9, 2020 Chilean mine group warns pending glacier bill could shut down deposits Chile's world-leading copper industry could see some of its mines put out of business if an early stage bill to protect glaciers continues its march through Congress.
November 8, 2020 Australia tells the world it is open for business when it comes to critical minerals The Australian Critical Minerals Prospectus states that the country has a commercial opportunity to build competitive critical minerals export markets.
Ioneer eyes bid for Rio Tinto’s US boron unit Boron, an element mineral with few producers, was added to the US list of critical minerals last month. December 12, 2025 | 02:49 pm
