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Nickel is new headache for automakers as cobalt fears abate

Locking in supplies of key battery raw materials lithium and cobalt has been a headache for electric car manufacturers, but these days it’s the supply of nickel and graphite that’s keeping them up at night.

Bloomberg News | July 25, 2018 | 7:00 am

Antofagasta copper output up in Q2 despite Los Pelambres pipeline issue

Production in the second-quarter of the year jumped 6.1% to 163,200 tonnes, as higher output at its Centinela and Antucoya mines mitigated declines at Los Pelambres and Zaldívar.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2018 | 5:59 am

Tianqi goes ahead with $382-million Greenbushes lithium mine expansion

The expansion, on top of a $238 million upgrade due for completion in April, will double the mine’s production to 1.95 million tonnes a year of lithium concentrate a year from 2020.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2018 | 3:48 am

Vale’s Q2 capex reaches lowest level since ’05

Vale announced an adjusted EBITDA of US$3.9 billion in Q2 with iron ore production of 96.8 tonnes and sales of 86.5 tonnes.

Michael McCrae | July 25, 2018 | 2:40 am

Western Potash Corp develops groundwater well for Milestone Phase I Project

Water pump test results show that the groundwater source can fully support the water requirements for the Phase I Project.

Globe Newswire | July 24, 2018 | 10:05 am

European mining stocks soar as metals rally, earnings reassure

The Stoxx 600 basic resources index rose as much as 4.7 percent, the most intraday since November 2016.

Bloomberg News | July 24, 2018 | 9:44 am

Norsk Hydro eyes restart of Brazil alumina refinery by mid-2019 or earlier

Brazilian authorities ordered Hydro in February to slash output from Alunorte, the world's largest alumina refinery.

Reuters | July 24, 2018 | 9:32 am

Chile’s copper agency said US-China trade war to hit metal price

The ongoing trade war between the United States and China has forced the Chilean Copper Commission (Cochilco) to revise downwards its average copper price prediction by $0.06 per pound to $3.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 24, 2018 | 8:50 am