Access to its Peñasquito gold mine is being illegally block by a trucking contractor and some members of the Cedros community.

Joint venture with Jiangxi Special Electric Motor, a major Chinese maker of engines for electric vehicles, will allow Alliance to participate in the downstream lithium products market without having to incur the capital costs or risk associated with the construction of a conversion facility.

The Canadian company is taking on industry giants such as De Beers and Alrosa PJSC with an online platform to replace the current physical auctions.

The country's sprawling steel sector, which has cut 150 million tonnes of steel production over the past three years, was "far from achieving its tasks" amid Beijing's supply-side reforms, the association reports.

According to the Responsible Mining Foundation, most of the companies assessed show little or no evidence of efforts to strengthen the gender balance of their leadership and governance teams.

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology succeeded in creating light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, on a graphene surface.

The credit ratings and research division of the Fitch Group says producers should take advantage of the current environment of lower supply, healthy demand and higher prices.

Mining has become the sixth most important sector when it comes to exports.

Developing Yeelirrie, one of Australia’s biggest undeveloped uranium deposit, will depend on market conditions, said the company.