BHP to keep Nickel West, Rio looks to Jadar lithium for battery boom
The biggest mining companies say they are well positioned to provide the metals needed for the shift to EV technology.
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South Africa’s Kumba Iron Ore sees higher H1 headline profit
The company said on Tuesday first-half headline earnings is expected to rise at least 160%, boosted by higher iron ore export prices and a weaker rand/US dollar exchange rate.
Brazil’s Vale says may expand Carajas Serra Sul mine, doubling output
Vale expects to produce 75 million tonnes this year from the S11D operation in Carajas Serra Sul, its biggest mining project ever.
US faces hurdles in push to build electric vehicle supply chain
The US faces stiff challenges as it moves to create its own electric vehicle supply chain, with the extent of the country's metal reserves largely unknown and only a few facilities to process minerals and produce batteries.
Rio Tinto may start mining lithium in Serbia by 2023
No decision will be made until the end of 2020, when the company expects to have completed a study on the Jadar, which is estimated to contain 10% of the world's lithium reserves.
White Metal to purchase four copper properties in Namibia
The licenses the miner is acquiring cover historical copper-silver resources in the Kalahari Copper Belt and the Kaoko Belt.
Erin Ventures working to bring boron project in Serbia towards feasibility
The Piskanja project has an indicated mineral resource of 7.8 million tonnes averaging 31% B2O3, and an inferred resource of 3.4 million tonnes averaging 28.6% B2O3.
Petra Diamonds fetches $15m for 425-carat legacy diamond
The exceptional D colour Type IIa gem was recovered in March from the company’s iconic Cullinan mine, the same that yielded the biggest diamond ever in 1905.
Australian corporate watchdog goes after Merlin Diamonds
ASIC has for months been probing how Merlin Diamonds has loaned A$13 million of investor money to a private company, AXIS Consultants, which has long been associated with the miner's chairman and his family.
