Rio Tinto readies to ship trial lithium plant to Serbia
The lithium shipment is the culmination of a decade's research to catapult Rio Tinto into battery minerals.
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Union at BHP’s Escondida mine in Chile rejects contract, company seeks talks
BHP requested government-mediated talks in a last-ditch effort to stave off a strike.
African rare earth projects moving forward despite challenges – report
A Roskill report commends the efforts by a number of African countries to establish a diversified rare earths supply chain.
Fledgling Peru govt seeks “new deal” with miners
Peru will seek "a new deal" with its mining sector by providing incentives for projects with "social profitability".
Sediment plumes from deep-sea mining become turbulent cloud
New research shows that midwater sediment plumes discharged by mining machinery become a highly turbulent cloud of suspended particles.
Here’s who wins and who loses from the surge in commodity prices
Commodities as a whole have risen more than 20% this year, and around 50% in the case of crude oil.
State of the sector: Worker health, safety and equality in ASM — report
While women make up a large percentage of the ASM workforce —they are largely invisible within the data.
Lomiko Metals releases PEA for La Loutre in Quebec
The PEA envisions an open-pit mine with an average annual production of 97,400 tonnes of graphite concentrate over a 14.7-year mine life.
Goldman recapitulates $5 a pound copper price by end of 2021
New report says while copper bulls have been facing “a crisis of confidence”, fundamentals “have been quietly tightening” setting up return to record prices in the near future.
