July 2, 2023 Australia’s coal exports by volume set to rise on Asian demand Growing demand in India and Southeast Asia is expected to push up Australian coal exports in the next three years.
July 2, 2023 Argentina to begin lithium battery production in Sept Argentina's first plant for lithium batteries will begin operations in September, using metal extracted locally by US company Livent Corp.
July 2, 2023 De Beers agrees to give Botswana more rough diamonds in new sales pact A new deal gradually increases to 50% the share of rough stones Botswana gets from its joint venture with De Beers.
June 30, 2023 Premier African Minerals wants to resolve lithium supply spat with China’s Canmax The Chinese company said it would terminate the deal after Premier missed a deadline to start delivering spodumene concentrate.
June 30, 2023 EU countries seek to stretch raw material targets, add aluminum The European Commission proposed in March that EU extraction of 16 "strategic raw materials", including lithium and copper.
June 30, 2023 Brazil mining regulator squeezed by staffing, budget cuts, labor leader says Resources are stretched so thin at Brazil’s mining regulator that officials have walked off the job.
June 30, 2023 Lithium start-up seeks cash from Berlin to bring project to life Vulcan Energy is seeking support for the €1.5 billion project in the upper Rhine Valley that the firm hopes to bring online in 2025.
June 30, 2023 Glencore in talks to back Argentina lithium plant for future supply The commodities giant will sign an offtake agreement in exchange for helping to fund the lithium processing plant that Eramet is building with China’s Tsingshan.
June 30, 2023 Northvolt nears deal with Canada on $5.3 billion battery plant A deal with Northvolt would underscore Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ambitions for Canada to capture a sizable piece of the North American EV supply chain.
June 30, 2023 German coal miners under fire for unfair edge in renewables push Concerns are mounting that lignite miners are exploiting an unfair advantage in the country’s race to go green.
Genome BC, BRIMM biomining partnership aims to de-risk genomic tools development Partnership Supported by an investment of up to C$1 million over three years. February 17, 2026 | 02:54 pm
