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MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Resource nationalism surge spells rough times for miners; Rio Tinto, Mongolia reach new Oyu Tolgoi expansion plan deal; Copper price crashes through $4.00, down 7%.

MINING.com Editor | March 5, 2021 | 10:49 am

Upstream tailings dams pose much higher stability risks, study finds

Some 10% of all the facilities surveyed had reported a…

Reuters | March 5, 2021 | 7:35 am

Albemarle slams Chile over ‘unjust’ withholding of Atacama study

The lithium miner is appealing the government's decision and demanding…

Reuters | March 4, 2021 | 10:10 am

Battery grade lithium prices in China surge 68%

"Three years of falling lithium prices failed to incentivise sufficient…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 4, 2021 | 9:44 am

SQM plans to propose major lithium hydroxide expansion, CEO says

Company said lithium sales volumes in Q4 jumped 50% from…

Reuters | March 4, 2021 | 7:50 am

Albemarle shares slip on $1.3 billion stock offering

The company’s stock doubled in 2020 as lithium prices rallied on EV demand.

Reuters | February 2, 2021 | 5:38 pm

Brazil’s 2020 mineral production topped 1 billion tonnes, up 2.5%

The country's mineral exports reached $37 billion, compared to $33 billion in the previous year, bolstered by strong Chinese demand for iron ore.

Bruno Venditti | February 2, 2021 | 12:48 pm

Mining hotspots for 2021 in Latin America, Africa – report

Markets in these two regions have greater exposure to copper, prices of which Fitch sees averaging at a seven-year high in 2021.

MINING.com Editor | February 2, 2021 | 11:45 am

Brazil’s Bahia Mineracao starts production at iron ore mine

The subsidiary of Kazakhstan's Eurasian Resources Group started production at Pedra de Ferro in northeastern Brazil with expected 2021 output of 1 million tonnes.

Reuters | February 2, 2021 | 11:43 am

Bacanora seeks $60m to pay for stage 1 of Sonora project

Sonora is regarded as one of the world’s larger known clay lithium deposits.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 2, 2021 | 11:34 am

Lithium price in China surges 40% to 18-month high

Heavy demand for new generation LFP batteries lights fire under domestic China lithium carbonate prices boosting Australia spodumene prices in the process.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 2, 2021 | 11:08 am

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MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Upstream tailings dams pose much higher stability risks, study finds

Albemarle slams Chile over ‘unjust’ withholding of Atacama study

Battery grade lithium prices in China surge 68%

SQM plans to propose major lithium hydroxide expansion, CEO says

Albemarle shares slip on $1.3 billion stock offering

Brazil’s 2020 mineral production topped 1 billion tonnes, up 2.5%

Mining hotspots for 2021 in Latin America, Africa – report

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