August 28, 2015 Tesla begins Gigafactory sourcing with lithium supply deal London-based Bacanora Minerals and Rare Earth Minerals have received the go-ahead to supply lithium hydroxide to Tesla's lithium-ion battery megafactory from its clay deposit in Mexico's north-west should the new…
August 26, 2015 US company to begin recovering rare earths from old electronics U.S. Rare Earths Inc. will apply a new method that assists in the recycling, recovery and extraction process of the coveted elemenst, used as ingredients in magnets, batteries, catalytic converters…
August 26, 2015 Molycorp shuts down Mountain Pass rare earth plant The former superstar of rare earths mining said it has decided to put the California facility on "care and maintenance" mode by Oct. 20 due to weak prices.
August 25, 2015 Canada, Australia, US, Chile and Mexico, the top destinations for mining investors Despite current adverse conditions, advisory firm Behre Dolbear is recommending mining stakeholders to focus on markets that have been able to ride the wave relatively well so far.
August 24, 2015 Canadian mining stocks outperform metals prices Canadian junior and mid-tier mining companies also raised 62% more capital in the second quarter than in 2014.
August 23, 2015 Mining private equity is being fundamentally transformed Appian Capital founder Michael Scherb: "You're now seeing the same changes in mining that happened in oil and gas which is now heavily supported by PE"
August 21, 2015 INFOGRAPHIC – On the precipice: Will global markets follow commodities off the cliff? Today may be the end of this trend of divergence. US equities are at a precipice: fueled by low rates and quantitative easing for years, they have finally started to…
August 20, 2015 Forget slower growth, worry about Chinese GDP contraction Chinese rail freight tonnage – a key indicator for economic activity and the commodities trade – has plunged by 10.2% this year.
August 20, 2015 Heap Leach: Mining’s breakthrough technology New techniques for tailings treatment and sulfide ore recovery will see low-cost environmentally friendly heap leaching take another giant leap forward.
August 20, 2015 Russian rare earth producer to invest $320M into tantalum and niobium production Technoinvest Alliance, one of Russia’s largest producers of rare earths is considering investing up to US$320 million in the development of Zashihinskoe field, one of Russia’s largest rare earths reserves.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
