January 5, 2024 Blade runners: how LFP batteries brought EV metal markets back to earth In a few short years, LFP batteries crushed nickel and cobalt mining markets and new technology could do the same to lithium.
January 5, 2024 Omnia Metals expands footprint in Canada with Dixie buy The deal hands Omnia key assets, including the Phoenix and the Torp Lake lithium projects, which expand its footprint to more than 625 km2.
January 4, 2024 Lithium price plummet due to continue Australia, which mined about half the world’s lithium in 2022, forecasts the spot price of spodumene will fall to $2,200 per tonne in 2025.
January 4, 2024 Heat-buckle at railway line led to Fortescue’s train derailment The firm had on Wednesday said that multiple iron ore cars derailed at its Western Australia operations.
January 3, 2024 Energy Fuels inks MOU with Astron to develop Donald rare earth project in Australia Donald project is expected to be a new, long-term source of several critical minerals key to the clean energy transition, including REE's, titanium, zircon, and uranium, the company said.
January 3, 2024 Top lithium miners eye partnership with Chilean government Lithium miners and the government have been holding meetings to explore potential public-private partnerships.
January 2, 2024 Fortescue says iron ore cars derailed at Western Australia operations Local media earlier reported that the Fortescue rail line into Port Hedland, Australia’s iron ore export epicentre, remained out of action on Tuesday.
January 2, 2024 Pan Asia Metals to buy large Chilean lithium project Tama Atacama is one of the largest lithium brine projects in South America, covering about 1,200km2 across three Chilean salt flats.
January 2, 2024 Ionic Rare Earths granted mining licence in Uganda The license clears the way for mining at the Makuutu project and marks the first large-scale mining license to be awarded in the country.
December 28, 2023 Japan’s JFE takes new tack to tame volatile coking coal prices Japan's No.2 steelmaker plans to buy more coking coal from the spot market to boost activity and make prices more transparent.
China aluminum output at record, steel below 1 billion tons Aluminum production increased 2.4% to to 45.02 million tons, having risen every year this decade. January 19, 2026 | 09:27 am
