Veolia technology chosen for Toyota-Orocobre refinery Veolia will provide a chemical processing plant featuring HPD evaporation and crystallization technologies designed to convert lithium carbonate into lithium hydroxide. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2019 | 3:15 pm
Chile taps China, Japan in lithium-for-tech push; faces tough sell The world's No. 2 lithium producer has held global road shows ahead of a second lithium-for-investment tender, according to officials. Reuters | September 17, 2019 | 3:09 pm
Monarch Gold begins drilling at McKenzie Break The program will drill 2,670 metres in seven holes. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2019 | 2:49 pm
Barrick makes new discovery at Fourmile project in Nevada The intercept is of a new orebody 1 km north of Fourmile, and it increases the strike length of the trend to greater than 6 kilometres. MINING.com Editor | September 17, 2019 | 1:18 pm
Australia’s Sayona to bid for Quebec lithium miner Operations at the NAL mine, which produced 114 000 tonnes of spodumene in 2018, were halted in February this year. Jackson Chen | September 17, 2019 | 12:16 pm
Newmont’s incoming CEO says no ‘fire sale’ coming for assets Newmont is ready to sit tight on asset sales, even if that means not reaching a previously announced goal of as much as $1.5 billion in divestments. Bloomberg News | September 17, 2019 | 11:21 am
Metso acquires remaining shares of Shaorui Heavy Industries The transaction is expected to be completed during Q4 2019. Metso | September 17, 2019 | 11:09 am
China’s August zinc output at highest since December 2017 — stats bureau Also, China's August alumina output rose 3.5% year-on-year to 6.04 million tonnes. Reuters | September 17, 2019 | 11:03 am
Westhaven to raise $7.35 million for Shovelnose drilling Proceeds of the financing will be used for ongoing expansion work at the company's Shovelnose gold property. Jackson Chen | September 17, 2019 | 10:48 am