February 7, 2018 Rio Tinto pays biggest divvy in history as profit hits three-year high Mining giant posts 90% increase in profit amid what CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques calls “resilient” commodity prices.
February 7, 2018 Why Tesla is turning to Chile for its lithium: Andy Home Chile is an obvious place for Tesla's chief executive, Elon Musk, to look for secure supply, as the global lithium mother-lode is in the brine lakes of the country's Atacama…
February 6, 2018 Zimbabwe to enter lithium market with $1.4bn mine Country is backing Prospect Resources’ (ASX:PSC) Arcadia lithium project, expected to generate that much revenue over eight years.
February 5, 2018 Pile-of-cash dilemma for mining industry once crippled by slump With metals from zinc to palladium trading at multi-year highs, four of the world’s top producers generated combined free cash flow last year of about $87 million a day.
February 2, 2018 Rio Tinto back in race for stake in world’s largest lithium miner Rio’s renewed interest in SQM is welcome by the Chilean government, which had expressed concerns about a potential and dangerous concentration in the market should major lithium producers, such as…
February 2, 2018 Electric cars and niche metals lure cash to Africa’s mines Here are five metals grabbing attention across the continent.
January 31, 2018 These are top-10 global mining trends expected for 2018 Consulting firm Deloitte has published what it says will be the top-10 global trends in the mining industry this year.
January 29, 2018 Chile open to increasing SQM lithium quota to satisfy Tesla -Corfo Tesla and SQM were exploring opportunities after Tesla expressed interest in buying "important volumes" of lithium hydroxide from SQM.
January 26, 2018 Best-performing battery metal of the past year isn’t cobalt A metal that’s in demand for batteries is surging, and it’s not the one everyone’s talking about.
January 25, 2018 Avalon announces start of winter drilling program on Separation Rapids Lithium project At least seven holes totalling 1500 metres are planned at the Ontario-based project.
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