May 7, 2018 China lithium top player boosts investment in emerging Australian miner Chinese companies continue to aggressively try securing steady supply of lithium, a key ingredient in the making of batteries that power electric cars.
May 6, 2018 Peruvian farmers to appeal U.S. court decision in land dispute with American miner A U.S. court ruled that the Chaupe family case against Newmont Mining Corporation should be heard in Peru - not Delaware, where the company incorporated almost 100 years ago.
May 4, 2018 Workers end strike at Tahoe’s mine in Peru Workers were demanding higher profit-sharing payouts.
May 4, 2018 Australian lithium miner, Chile’s SQM choose site for new plant in West Australia Kidman Resources has chosen a site in Kwinana, Western Australia with Chilean joint venture partner SQM to develop a lithium processing plant.
May 3, 2018 Workers seek partner to buy and operate aging Peru smelter La Oroya polymetallic smelter had been operated by Doe Run Peru, a unit of the U.S.-based Renco Group, from 1997 until the company went bankrupt in 2009 and its assets…
May 3, 2018 Brazil’s Sigma Lithium to list in Toronto next week The Brazil-based lithium mine developer eyes a wave of demand for the metal used in rechargeable batteries for iPhones and electric cars.
May 3, 2018 Airobotics partners exclusively with RockBlast to bring automated drones to Chile First Customer Minera Centinela Begins Use of Optimus Drone at Mining Sites.
May 2, 2018 Yamana exceeds gold production plans in Q1 The Toronto-based miner expects to stay in line with its 900,000 ounces production guidance for 2018.
May 2, 2018 U.S. cuts off Brazil tariff talks, adopts steel import quotas Brazil on Wednesday contradicted a United States announcement that the two countries had reached a deal on a permanent exemption from steel and aluminum import tariffs, saying the Trump administration…
May 1, 2018 Battery metals supply crunch to slow near-term EVs growth — Moody’s Lack of new projects, investment deficit and increasing political risk will hit supply of cobalt, lithium, copper and nickel, key metals for making the batteries that power electric cars.
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