Researchers push for using microbes to recover minerals, store carbon from mine tailings
A new technique uses microbes to recover metals and store carbon from mine tailings.
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Chile’s state miner seeks $1.5 billion from lithium partner
Enami has the rights to five lithium deposits in the Siete Salares area, with a collective net asset value estimated in $2.5 billion.
Robots help ‘smart mines’ drive China’s coal build-out
China invested $79 billion in coal production last year, according to the IEA, while the rest of the world combined spent $37 billion.
Peru wants to seize lithium ‘window of opportunity,’ says minister
The world's second largest copper producer, Peru has a lithium exploration project in the region of Puno, on the border with Bolivia.
Canadian Conservatives want Glencore takeover of Teck blocked
Thousands of jobs would be at risk, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said in a statement.
Vale taps ex-Anglo CEO Cutifani to chair battery metals board
Cutifani will join Jerome Guillen, a former Tesla executive, on Vale’s so-called energy transition board.
Grupo Mexico says sees no risk from govt mining reforms
The Mexican government proposed last month reforms to the sector.
Suncor Energy to acquire TotalEnergies’ Canadian operations for $4 billion
TotalEnergies holds a 31% working interest in the Fort Hills oil sands mining project and a 50% working interest in the Surmont in situ asset.
Ivanhoe taps Glencore for $250 million to start Kipushi zinc mine ahead of schedule
Glencore will take all of the mine’s zinc concentrate for five years and fund the operation.
