January 16, 2025

Rio Tinto, Glencore discussed mining’s biggest-ever potential merger

Combining the two businesses would potentially create a behemoth to leapfrog longstanding industry leader BHP Group.

January 16, 2025

Standard Lithium and Equinor secure $225m to develop Arkansas project

Since December, Standard Lithium has operated a pilot DLE plant at its South West Arkansas project.

January 16, 2025

Maaden considers bond sale to fund expansion

Miner is considering an international bond sale this year to help fund a more than $12 billion investment program.

January 16, 2025

Zijin to buy 25% stake in Chinese lithium miner for $1.87 billion

The deal would grant Zijin controlling rights in Zangge Mining, which operates in the mineral-rich western region of Qinghai.

January 15, 2025

Canada wants G-7 talks on metals pricing to counter China’s sway

Canada has been thinking about supporting investment through measures such as pricing floors to address alleged market manipulation.

January 15, 2025

Value of 50 biggest mining companies drops by $126 billion

The world’s biggest miners are now worth $1.35 trillion after losing a combined $126 billion over the course of 2024 as the copper rally faded and gold stocks once again…

January 15, 2025

Saudi Arabia to scale up lithium expansion as it diversifies from oil

State oil giant Aramco and Saudi mining company Ma’aden have joined forces to explore and produce energy transition minerals.

January 14, 2025

Biden signs executive order to power-up AI infrastructure

The push for data centre storage power is set to boost mining for energy transition metals such as silver for solar panels, copper for wiring, and lithium, cobalt, manganese, iron,…

January 14, 2025

Sodium-ion batteries could rival lithium-ion in cost, Stanford study finds

Sodium-ion batteries could rival lithium-ion batteries in cost by the 2030s.

January 14, 2025

Lithium Ionic grows Baixa Grande resource in Brazil by 32%

The project now has an open-pit constrained measured and indicated resource of 6.5 million tonnes grading 1.1% lithium oxide.