June 10, 2021 Apple hires former BMW executive for car project Apple has hired Ulrich Kranz, a former senior executive at BMW's electric car division, to help its vehicle initiatives, Apple confirmed on Thursday.
June 10, 2021 Albemarle to boost extraction in search for green growth The US company is introducing a way of extracting more of the lithium that’s normally captured in salts, thereby lifting yields to 80-85% from 50-55%.
June 10, 2021 Ganfeng Lithium to sell $630m of shares to fund expansion The company in March announced an ambitious plan to increase its production capacity roughly fivefold to 600,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent a year.
June 10, 2021 Copper riches are in cross-hairs of Chile presidential hopeful Daniel Jadue, the current front-runner in polls for November’s elections in Chile, wants to align mining rules with Peru, Argentina and Bolivia so they don’t compete for investments.
June 10, 2021 Home: London Metal Exchange ring will return, but for how long? The shouting will resume on Sept. 6, when the nine ring-dealing members of the LME take their red leather seats after more than a year's coronavirus-induced break.
June 10, 2021 Sandvik expects bigger market for battery-driven mining gear in 2-3 years With an electrification boom looming, Sandvik could sell more electric than diesel-driven underground mining kit in 10 years.
June 10, 2021 Indonesia tin miner Timah says meets rules, good practices Tin deposits in the mining hub of Bangka-Belitung have been heavily exploited on land, leaving parts of the islands off the southeast coast of Sumatra island resembling a lunar landscape.
June 10, 2021 Australia faces climate pressure with EU carbon tariff threat – study Australia has refused to match commitments by the US, UK and other countries targeting net zero emissions by 2050.
June 9, 2021 Sky-high coal prices won’t spur new mines in a greener world Companies remain hesitant to invest in new projects with financing difficult to come by and question marks over long-term demand.
June 9, 2021 Vale’s decomissioned Brazil dam at risk of collapse, labor body says Engineers and technicians told the auditors that the tailings at Xingu had not been properly drained.
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