Glencore to supply cobalt to GM in multi-year deal General Motors will use cobalt from Glencore's Murrin Murrin operation in Australia in the batteries that power its EVs. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 12, 2022 | 3:51 am
Western Australia is world’s new top mining destination The resource-rich state replaced Nevada as most attractive region for mining investment in 2021, says the Fraser Institute. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 11, 2022 | 10:52 am
Ivanhoe’s Congo copper mine hits record production Kamoa-Kakula produced 55,602 tonnes of copper in the first quarter of 2022, reaching a monthly all-time-high of 19,605 tonnes of copper in March. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 11, 2022 | 7:30 am
Chile sues BHP, Albemarle, Antofagasta over water use Lawsuit singles out BHP’s Escondida copper mine, Antofagasta and Barrick’s 50-50 Zaldívar operation and Albemarle’s lithium assets. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 8, 2022 | 5:46 am
World’s top diamond miner Alrosa hit by US sanctions The measure against the Russian state-owned diamond miner seeks to cut off additional sources of revenue for Moscow. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 8, 2022 | 3:37 am
Colombia to tender gold, coal assets by end of June The bidding round for coal exploration contracts opens this month, while gold round is expected in the first half of 2022. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 7, 2022 | 3:45 am
McEwen Mining chairman injects $15 million into company Reduced cash flow from operations in the first three months of the year left McEwen Mining in a "challenging” position. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 6, 2022 | 6:16 am
BHP’s Nickel West to be fully powered by renewables The 12-year deal with Italy's Enel will supply BHP with 100% of the power needed at three of its major nickel mines in Western Australia. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 6, 2022 | 3:54 am
Sigma Lithium to start civil works at vast Brazilian project Grota do Cirilo is the largest hard rock lithium project in the Americas, slated to produce 440,000 tonnes of concentrate per year by end of 2023. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 5, 2022 | 9:31 am
Albemarle, Mineral Resources to speed up Wodgina lithium mine restart The partners now expect first production from the idled lithium mine in May, to respond to "unprecedented” demand for the battery metal. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 5, 2022 | 5:54 am
