June 25, 2024 Saudi-backed Almar Water seeks lithium partnership in Chile The Spain-based firm wants to leverage its technology in the extraction of battery-metal lithium.
June 25, 2024 McEwen Copper makes share offer of $70 million to advance Los Azules McEwen is currently working on a bankable feasibility study for Los Azules, due by the end of the first quarter of 2025.
June 25, 2024 Australia’s Meteoric to supply Brazil rare earths magnet factory Meteoric is developing its Caldeira rare earths deposit in Minas Gerais.
June 24, 2024 Brazil prosecutors seek $668 million from Vale, BHP for gender violations in reparations The new lawsuit comes as Vale and BHP hope to reach a tentative agreement by the end of this month.
June 24, 2024 Heavy rains in Chile cause mining tailing overflow A tailings dam belonging to copper miner Las Cenizas in central Chile began overflowing overnight on June 13.
June 21, 2024 Codelco working to securing deliveries after cargo train crash A passenger train on a test run by Chile's state rail operator collided with a private cargo train carrying about 1,346 metric tons of copper on Thursday.
June 21, 2024 Tianqi weighs legal actions after Chile regulator clears SQM-Codelco deal Chile's financial regulator allowed a planned lithium joint venture between SQM and Codelco to proceed without a vote by SQM shareholders.
June 21, 2024 SQM and Talga team up on Aero lithium project in Sweden The Chilean lithium miner can earn up to a 70% interest in Aero, which will grant it a foothold in the European market.
June 20, 2024 Vale unveils $3.3 billion plan to boost copper and nickel output The mining giant sees the potential to expand production capacity to about 500,000 tons of copper by 2028 mainly through improvements to its Salobo and Sossego mines in Brazil.
June 20, 2024 Vale expects deal to bring Onca Puma nickel mine back online soon A court decision halted the mine at the beginning of April.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
