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Serbian government blasts green groups for scuttling Rio Tinto’s lithium project

The world's shortage of lithium would be exacerbated with the cancellation of the Jadar project, experts said.

Reuters | January 21, 2022 | 12:35 pm

Back to drawing board for new Rio chief as lithium mine scrapped

Serbia’s decision is a blow to Stausholm, who after winning…

Bloomberg News | January 21, 2022 | 11:12 am

Fortescue warns shut Western Australia borders may worsen labour shortage

The country's largest state, home to the resource-rich Pilbara region,…

Reuters | January 21, 2022 | 7:50 am

Silver Lake Resources grabs troubled Harte Gold

Deal hands Silver Lake the Sugar Zone gold mine in…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 21, 2022 | 6:24 am

Newcrest expands footprint in Canada with Pretium buy

Australian giant now owns the Brucejack mine, one of the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 21, 2022 | 3:43 am

BHP to introduce electric trains at Pilbara mines

The four locomotives, scheduled for delivery in late 2023, will be supplied by Progress Rail, a unit of Caterpillar, and Wabtec Corp.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 17, 2022 | 3:55 am

RANKED: Top 20 EVs of 2021 – costs jump as lithium, cobalt, nickel prices surge

Ranking of world’s 20 best selling electric cars and their battery metals show automakers grappling with soaring raw material prices.

Frik Els | January 13, 2022 | 4:47 pm

WATCH: BlackRock says boom could last decades as copper price tops $10,000

“We’ve got decades worth of high rates of investment into infrastructure as the world seeks to decarbonize. That’s a widely held consensual view."

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 12, 2022 | 6:32 am

Supply squeeze risks are pushing lithium price higher and higher

Lithium has burst into 2022 with a fresh price spike that hands electric-vehicle makers more warning of even sharper cost pressures to come.

Bloomberg News | January 12, 2022 | 4:08 am

Australia’s Liontown signs supply deal with LG Chem

Liontown joins other lithium players in the country, like Vulcan Energy, to strike major supply deals with EV makers.

Reuters | January 11, 2022 | 8:41 pm

Lithium Power to spin off Western Australia assets to focus on Chile project

Demerger will create a company dedicated to exploring its WA-based hard rock lithium assets, like the Greenbushes and Pilgangoora projects.

Reuters | January 11, 2022 | 3:22 pm

Bullish investors add $90bn to top 50 biggest mining companies

Despite the pullback in iron ore and copper prices, the MINING.COM TOP 50 ranking of the world’s most valuable miners made strong gains at the end of the year.

MINING.com Editor | January 11, 2022 | 1:18 pm

Rio Tinto to transport iron ore in Pilbara via battery-electric trains

The miner will buy four battery electric trains to deploy in the Pilbara region of Western Australia as part of its decarbonization strategy.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 11, 2022 | 5:59 am

Mining 2021: Top 10 drill holes of the year

Six of the top 10 drill intersections reported by TSX and ASX listed mining companies were at projects in Canada.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 10, 2022 | 12:48 pm

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Serbian government blasts green groups for scuttling Rio Tinto’s lithium project

Back to drawing board for new Rio chief as lithium mine scrapped

Fortescue warns shut Western Australia borders may worsen labour shortage

Silver Lake Resources grabs troubled Harte Gold

Newcrest expands footprint in Canada with Pretium buy

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