Mining firms’ cash-raising lifts Toronto exchange as deals slow Firms in the materials sector have raised C$1.6 billion on the Toronto Stock Exchange since the beginning of 2023. Bloomberg News | May 23, 2023 | 10:12 am
Copper dealt blow in battle for critical mineral status in the US The Copper Development Association claims the USGS's refusal to include copper is based on old facts outside of its own 2022 methodology. MINING.COM Editor | May 23, 2023 | 9:50 am
Column: Aluminum is the West’s critical minerals blind spot Western European primary aluminum production has been sliding since 2017. Reuters | May 23, 2023 | 9:32 am
Standard Lithium stock surges after finding ‘highest grade brine’ in Arkansas One sample from the south west Arkansas project returned 581 mg/L lithium. Staff Writer | May 23, 2023 | 9:18 am
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. Bloomberg News | May 23, 2023 | 8:34 am
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. Bloomberg News | May 23, 2023 | 8:19 am
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. Reuters | May 23, 2023 | 8:14 am
Union at Chile’s Centinela copper mine opts to extend talks Union members had rejected a previous proposal from Antofagasta in mid-May. Reuters | May 23, 2023 | 8:09 am
Microbes help deal with uranium in groundwater, spent nuclear fuel repositories A chemical process for the removal of uranium from groundwater has been discovered. Staff Writer | May 23, 2023 | 6:10 am