June 18, 2018 Chile antitrust watchdog probing Tianqi buy of lithium miner stake The country's antitrust regulator is investigating the effects on the market of Chinese miner Tianqi Lithium acquisition of a 24% stake in SQM, the world's second largest lithium producer,
June 18, 2018 Rio Tinto to start building massive Koodaideri iron ore mine in 2019 First production from the Pilbara-based project, which it says it’s one of the world’s most technologically advanced, is expected in 2021.
June 18, 2018 Lucapa gets another $2 million from Lulo diamonds sale Lucapa has a 35-year license for Lulo, which early last year bore a 404.2-carat white diamond, considered the largest diamond ever recovered in Angola and the biggest diamond ever found by an…
June 18, 2018 Iron ore magnate Rinehart offers $290 million in cash for Atlas The offer from Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting values Atlas shares at 17% more than price reached at Friday close.
June 15, 2018 Trump trade war blows up big week for mining majors A week choc-a-bloc with billion dollar copper, iron ore and cobalt deals ends with huge drop in prices and sell-off in stocks of mining's biggest names.
June 15, 2018 Further clarity needed on Australia’s energy policy framework A national coordinated approach to climate and energy policy is needed which recognises the energy and resource-intensive nature of the Australian economy.
June 15, 2018 Hawkstone Mining walks away from US lithium deal Deal would have added two lithium projects – the Big Sandy lithium clay project in Arizona and the Lordsburg lithium brine project in New Mexico – to Hawkstone’s portfolio.
June 14, 2018 Iron ore price: BHP adds high-grade, lump ore for just $42 a tonne BHP building $3.4B mine amid surging lump premiums, high-grade fines prices up 30% in a year, is latest indicator iron ore is once again a mining cash cow.
June 14, 2018 US electric car sector, wary of China, seeks more domestic lithium China is home to the majority of the world's lithium processing facilities and sucks up most output of top producer Australia.
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