Column: Aluminum is the West’s critical minerals blind spot
Western European primary aluminum production has been sliding since 2017.
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Standard Lithium stock surges after finding ‘highest grade brine’ in Arkansas
One sample from the south west Arkansas project returned 581 mg/L lithium.
Vedanta extends record dividend spree with $830 million payout
Shares of the company rose about 2% at the close in Mumbai on Monday before the dividend was announced.
China buys more Australian coal as appetite for quality builds
Australian cargoes in April of mostly thermal coal for power plants surged 75% from the prior month.
LME aluminum stocks climb by over 20,000t in South Korea
The total inventories in Gwangyang surged by 20,875 tonnes, bringing the total in all global LME storage facilities to 575,875 tonnes.
Union at Chile’s Centinela copper mine opts to extend talks
Union members had rejected a previous proposal from Antofagasta in mid-May.
Microbes help deal with uranium in groundwater, spent nuclear fuel repositories
A chemical process for the removal of uranium from groundwater has been discovered.
Mining lags on female C-suite, board representation
Women currently hold 14% of all mining executive positions and 12.3% of board roles, data showed.
Adriatic Metals gears up for Bosnia-Herzegovina mine opening
A former silver mine that sat abandoned through the years of civil strife from the early 1990s will resume operations in November.
