May 1, 2019 Wesfarmers bets on electric cars with $544m bid for Australian lithium miner Kidman The offer of A$1.90 per share represents a premium of 47.3% to Kidman's last closing price.
May 1, 2019 World Bank, Germany, Rio and Anglo set up “climate smart” mining fund The World Bank is targeting a total investment of $50 million, to be deployed over a 5-year timeframe.
May 1, 2019 INFOGRAPHIC: Metals and minerals used in renewable power generation Global demand for strategic minerals like lithium, graphite and nickel will skyrocket by 965%, 383% and 108% respectively by 2050, according to the World Bank’s updated 2018 projections.
April 30, 2019 US has battery problem in race for electric car supremacy But with demand for lithium set to boom from above 300,000 tons a year to a million tons by 2025, mining companies need to grow fast and they prefer to…
April 30, 2019 Royalties for lithium to be set case by case in Chile – minister Chile's government had been studying various options for royalty payments.
April 29, 2019 Nemaska receives independent audit report from BBA The results validate the company's own internal cost-to-complete construction assessment as of Feb. 13, 2019.
April 29, 2019 Australia’s Alliance Mineral inks key lithium deal with Chinese EV firm Joint venture with Jiangxi Special Electric Motor, a major Chinese maker of engines for electric vehicles, will allow Alliance to participate in the downstream lithium products market without having to…
April 28, 2019 Argentina expects $29B in mining investments in 2019 Mining has become the sixth most important sector when it comes to exports.
April 25, 2019 Explosions threatening lithium-ion’s edge in a battery race Another lithium-ion battery has exploded, this time at an energy-storage complex in the U.S.
April 25, 2019 Expect cascade of mining M&A — PwC’s Braunsteiner Recent mergers and acquisitions have brought the industry back into the spotlight, after years of speculation around how the sector could regain power, PwC's Canadian Mine report notes.
BHP puts Anglo in ‘rearview mirror’ as CEO eyes Canada copper “I’m hopeful that in five years time, 10 years time, there’ll be further investments that we can make into Canadian resources,” Mike Henry said. December 19, 2025 | 12:32 pm
