November 14, 2017 Former Xstrata CEO Mick Davis may become Rio Tinto new chairman The mining veteran could face competition from internal candidates, including former head of UK gas company Centrica, Sam Laidlaw, who now sits on Rio’s board.
November 14, 2017 Argentina wants to overtake Chile in South America lithium race Since President Mauricio took office in December 2015 and opened the country to foreign capital, Argentina has received more investment than any other country in the 'lithium triangle'.
November 10, 2017 Finnish nickel producer, Trafigura tap electric vehicle boom Trafigura Group provides $200m in funding to Finland's Terrafame nickel mine, which plans to start producing material for electric vehicle batteries by 2020.
November 10, 2017 This Aussie miner is about to break into South Korea lithium sector Pilbara Minerals has announced a potential joint venture with two South Korean companies to develop a lithium processing facility in the Asian country.
November 8, 2017 Rio Tinto joins race for stake in world’s largest lithium miner Mining giant is eying the 32% interest in SQM that PotashCorp is selling to fulfill China's regulators condition for the approval of the its friendly merger with smaller rival Agrium.
November 6, 2017 Canadian junior miners worth jumps for second year in a row Aggregate market cap of the top 100 junior mining companies was up 7% to $12.2 billion, a level not seen since 2010, but the group significantly underperformed the Venture Exchange…
November 2, 2017 BHP aims for more copper, oil; steers away from EV minerals BHP CCO Balhuizen says while 2017 marks "tipping point" for EVs entering mainstream of metals demand forecasting, in terms of sales mass move is further off.
November 2, 2017 Uranium superstar goes all-in on impending nickel crunch Mike Beck gives a provides a detailed analysis on lithium, uranium, and nickel.
November 2, 2017 Bacanora Minerals secures land access to flagship lithium project in Mexico The de-risking milestone is for the company's Sonora project in Mexico, expected to produce 35,000 tonnes a year of lithium carbonate.
November 1, 2017 Chile sees Codelco’s first lithium output in 6 to 7 years Most of Chile's 7.5 million tonnes in reserves of lithium are found in brine deposits,and take at least seven years to develop.
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
