Chile lithium watchdog to cut red tape seen crimping sector
Chile’s top lithium regulator is preparing to slash the red tape that investors have long said stymies output and new projects in the world’s No. 2 producer.
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Greenland Minerals says it is focused on rare earths, not uranium
Doubts have risen over the future of the Kvanefjeld project as a left-wing party pledged on Wednesday its opposition after winning a parliamentary election.
Reality check for copper price bulls as Chinese demand growth slows
Copper long speculators are at risk of a price pull-back due to a delayed pick up in Chinese demand in its traditionally strong industrial consumption season.
China is paying a high price for its ban on Australian coal: Russell
The restrictions on imports from Australia came into effect in the second half of last year, resulting in China's imports dropping to virtually zero in the first two months of this year.
Codelco takes Ecuador to arbitration over stalled joint project
Chile's copper giant has requested international arbitration with Ecuador and its state-miner over the Llurimagua project.
High rates of vaccine hesitancy among mine employees in Mali – report
Data gathered in southern Mali by Critical Care International suggest very few of the population would accept a vaccine if offered today.
Expander Energy, Vanderwell get key permit to build Canada’s first biomass-gas-to-liquids plant
The Slave Lake biomass-gas-to-liquids proposed project is expected to produce 6.5 million liters per year of low-carbon intensity, clean-burning synthetic diesel fuel.
FLSmidth joins responsible copper production framework
The Danish firm is now a partner at the Copper Mark Assurance Framework.
MINING PEOPLE: Angus Gold, First Cobalt, GFG Resources, O3 Mining
Key moves in the mining sector.
