Chinese money still chasing Canadian critical mining deals despite Ottawa’s scrutinyThe inbound flow is raising hopes among some junior miners that it will be easier to find Chinese funding.Reuters | February 27, 2024 | 7:56 am
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Nickel faces existential moment with half of mines unprofitableNickel price fell 45% last year, and is currently hovering…Bloomberg News | February 26, 2024 | 7:01 am
Britain agrees deals on clean energy, critical minerals with Zambia The foreign ministry would agree on a UK-Zambia Green Growth Compact, aimed at generating £2.5 billion pounds of British private sector investment. Reuters | August 2, 2023 | 4:25 pm
Graphex Technologies inks graphite supply deal with Syrah Resources Agreement will provide Graphex with a diverse supply of raw materials in line with its plans to bring domestic processing facilities online to supply automakers and battery gigafactories. Staff Writer | August 2, 2023 | 2:25 pm
Albemarle boosts profit forecast on surging lithium demand, shares jump The company posted net income for the second quarter ended June 30 of $650 million, or $5.52 per share. Reuters | August 2, 2023 | 1:47 pm
Sayona ships NAL lithium concentrate, begins revenue stream The shipment totaled 25,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate to be sold into the global spot market via a major trading company. Staff Writer | August 2, 2023 | 1:25 pm
Oil driller Pioneer is trying to mine lithium from dirty fracking water The company is testing whether it’s feasible to extract minerals from the large amounts of dirty water generated by drilling in the Permian Basin. Bloomberg News | August 2, 2023 | 12:11 pm
World battles to loosen China’s grip on vital rare earths for clean energy transition Refining rare earths for the green energy transition is hard. Just ask MP Materials and Lynas. Reuters | August 2, 2023 | 7:18 am
India passes law allowing auction and mining of lithium reserves Minerals that will now be open for mining and auction also include titanium, beryl, niobium and zirconium. Reuters | August 2, 2023 | 7:08 am
Pilbara Minerals gets board nod for pilot lithium plant The company and Calix received board approvals to build a demonstration plant to process lithium at the Pilgangoora project in Western Australia. Reuters | August 1, 2023 | 4:44 pm
China’s metals and mining investment overseas to hit record in 2023 – report Chinese investments and new contracts in the metals and mining sector topped $10 billion during the first half of 2023, a 131% growth year-on-year. Staff Writer | August 1, 2023 | 9:36 am