Serra Verde starts commissioning Brazilian rare earths mine

Pela Ema will be, at startup, the first mine outside Asia to produce four critical magnetic rare earths, essential for making the magnets used in EVs and wind turbines.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 22, 2023 | 3:53 am

Albemarle becomes first lithium firm to complete responsible mining audit

Third-party audit shows Albemarle meets 50% to 75% of the criteria in each of four areas, including social and environmental responsibility.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 21, 2023 | 5:53 am

Rio Tinto autonomous train back in operations after derailment

A driverless train carrying iron ore near the port of Dampier in Western Australia derailed over the weekend.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 21, 2023 | 3:26 am

Norway to open its waters to deep-sea mining

The country's government has outlined details of a plan to open its sea floor to commercial mineral exploration and extraction.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 20, 2023 | 4:42 am

Hudbay triples land holding in Manitoba with Rockcliff buy

Rockcliff is the 49% joint venture partner on Hudbay’s Talbot copper-gold project and owns six other deposits in the Snow Lake region.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 20, 2023 | 3:37 am

Lithium One Metals and Norris Lithium to merge

Deal combines two parallel lithium exploration portfolios focused on the active and high-profile James Bay lithium belt in Quebec.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 19, 2023 | 9:33 am

Albemarle to buy Lithium Power’s Australian unit

Lithium Power has scrapped the planned demerger of its Australian assets in favour of the $21 million sale to the US giant.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 19, 2023 | 5:34 am

Rio Tinto autonomous iron ore train derailed

The miner said a probe had been launched after one of its autonomous trains derailed on Saturday evening, leaving no injured.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 19, 2023 | 3:32 am

Chile to tender lithium permits in first half of 2024 

Private companies that win exploration licences will have priority to gain exploitation permits in association with a state-run company.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 16, 2023 | 9:03 am

Ivanhoe Mines invests in pulsed-power tech firm

Ivanhoe will convert a loan balance of $76 million owed to the company by HPX into an equity investment in I-Pulse, HPX’s parent company.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 16, 2023 | 4:36 am

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