July 25, 2024 Cash-hungry Canadian miners test grey area of anti-China M&A rules Ottawa cracked down on mining deals involving foreign state-owned entities in 2022 in a move widely seen as targeting China’s influence in the global critical minerals supply chain.
July 25, 2024 Rio Tinto, BYD and LG Energy show interest in Chile’s Altoandinos lithium site A total of 12 companies have submitted proposals to develop a lithium project in Chile's Altoandinos salt flats.
July 24, 2024 Chile’s lower house of Congress asks Boric to void Codelco-SQM deal The partnership between Codelco and SQM is a major component of president Boric's plan to boost the state role in Chile's production of lithium.
July 23, 2024 Pilbara Minerals says lithium prices may have bottomed The lithium miner said it expects fiscal 2025 output to range between 800,000 and 840,000 tons of spodumene concentrate.
July 23, 2024 Scientists discover ‘dark oxygen’ being produced by seabed metals Researchers sampled the seabed of the Clarion-Clapperton Zone to assess the possible impacts of deep-sea mining.
July 22, 2024 US Senators release energy permitting reform bill Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 could speed up approvals of clean-energy, pipeline and electricity transmission projects.
July 22, 2024 Avalon reports drill results of up to 1.95% Li2O at Ontario project The current resource estimate for the Big Whopper deposit includes 10.08 million tonnes of measured and indicated resources at 1.35% Li2O.
July 22, 2024 Western miners push for higher metals prices to ward off Chinese rivals Industry leaders have pushed for two pricing structures for several years.
July 22, 2024 CleanTech produces battery-grade lithium in first phase of DLE pilot It achieved a lithium recovery rate of about 95% from the brine, with a total recovery of 88%.
July 21, 2024 With no recovery in sight, lithium prices force miners to reevaluate output The price of the material that’s vital to the energy transition has plunged by around 80% since late 2022.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
