January 2, 2019 Blackwater founder launches fund to invest in electric car battery metals The founder of the US private security company aims to raise as much as $500 million to invest in deposits of metals such as cobalt, lithium and copper.
December 31, 2018 New Year’s resolutions for miners: SEC updates disclosure requirements Companies should start preparing for when the rules come into effect.
December 31, 2018 Galaxy Resources receives partnership offers for flagship Argentinian project Galaxy will only proceed with a strategic partner "if the final terms of the relationship properly recognise the fundamental underlying value of Sal de Vida"
December 31, 2018 MINING.com top 10 most read in 2018 The attention of the mining industry has shifted.
December 28, 2018 Chile to delay arbitration with top lithium producer Albemarle Under the contract, Albemarle had agreed to provide as much as 25 percent of its annual production at a discount to companies seeking to produce battery metals within Chile.
December 27, 2018 Russia’s Rosatom tells Chile it can help boost lithium output Automakers, governments, miners and other have increasingly lobbied officials for access to Chile's coveted resources.
December 27, 2018 Human activity creates 208 new mineral species Study shows mining has sparked "unparalleled inorganic compound diversification" like rabbittite at Lucky Strike, Utah and a handful found on smelter walls
December 26, 2018 Lithium, potash producers lead miners amid stocks surge But Newmont Mining prevents perfect performance for S&P 500.
December 26, 2018 Japan’s Sumitomo Metal sees global nickel deficit nearly halving in 2019 Global demand for nickel is seen increasing by 3.4 percent in 2019 from this year to 2.339 million tonnes.
December 26, 2018 Bolivia: Where revolutionaries and lithium miners go to die In 2017 Morales started talking about lithium mining. The country holds vast amounts of the mineral.
Korean proxy fight threatens to derail Trump’s big zinc bet The case has the potential to disrupt the administration’s effort to spur domestic production of critical minerals. December 19, 2025 | 12:54 pm
