June 20, 2018 Azincourt Energy has the biggest stake in a promising lithium district Azincourt Energy Corp and New Age Metals, have recently become the largest claim holder for lithium projects in the Winnipeg River Pegmatite Field.
June 20, 2018 BHP steps up efforts to sell Nickel West business in Australia — report The world's top miner is said to have hired Goldman Sachs to assist with the sale of the Western Australia-based nickel operation.
June 19, 2018 US-China trade spat wipes $57B from top mining stocks in fortnight Copper, iron ore prices drop, mining majors punished as US threatens more tariffs on "predatory" Chinese imports and Beijing calls it "blackmail".
June 19, 2018 Indian regulator approves Nutrien’s sale of stake in SQM to Tianqi The Competition Commission of India green-lighted the $4.1 billion deal reached in May between the Canadian potash giant and China’s Tianqi Lithium.
June 18, 2018 Chile antitrust watchdog probing Tianqi buy of lithium miner stake The country's antitrust regulator is investigating the effects on the market of Chinese miner Tianqi Lithium acquisition of a 24% stake in SQM, the world's second largest lithium producer,
June 15, 2018 After cobalt-free pledge, Panasonic to triple consumption for auto batteries – sources Panasonic Corp expects to more than triple its cobalt consumption in five years' time.
June 15, 2018 Trump trade war blows up big week for mining majors A week choc-a-bloc with billion dollar copper, iron ore and cobalt deals ends with huge drop in prices and sell-off in stocks of mining's biggest names.
June 15, 2018 Hawkstone Mining walks away from US lithium deal Deal would have added two lithium projects – the Big Sandy lithium clay project in Arizona and the Lordsburg lithium brine project in New Mexico – to Hawkstone’s portfolio.
June 14, 2018 RANKED: Commodities that are added to mining company names No surprise who the winner is.
June 14, 2018 US electric car sector, wary of China, seeks more domestic lithium China is home to the majority of the world's lithium processing facilities and sucks up most output of top producer Australia.
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
