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.

April 30, 2018

Artisanal miners in Venezuela operate under illegal unions

Illegal extraction of gold and other metals and their subsequent smuggling to foreign markets is seen by many as a way to navigate the current crisis.

April 30, 2018

Australia’s Galaxy hires JP Morgan to advise on $376m-lithium project options

Australian lithium producer Galaxy Resources said it was evaluating “strategic options” for its project in Argentina, which remains in the feasibility stage.

April 29, 2018

Dominicans protest against EnviroGold’s operations

The protesters say the running water that they receive from local rivers has been declared unfit for human consumption.