India in talks with Argentina, Bolivia to acquire lithium assets – secretary

The deals follow a similar agreement in January with giant Chinese battery maker CATL.

The state-owned joint venture will "shortly" sign an agreement with Argentina to secure a few lithium blocks.

The government plans to submit a bill to Congress later this year to create a national lithium company.

The country slapped sanctions on four companies located in the United Arab Emirates, Central African Republic and Russia.

President Emmanuel Macron has said Japan and France will work together to boost French energy sovereignty through the supply of critical metals from Mongolia.

The mining corridor is used by MMG’s Las Bambas, Glencore’s Antapaccay and Hudbay Minerals’ Constancia to transport semi-processed copper to a seaport.

Either inventory rebuilds over the seasonal summer soft spot for northern hemisphere demand, or the market is going to have to rethink just how much copper is really out there, writes Andy Homes.

Lithium miner Xinfeng took Namibia's mines minister Tom Alweendo to court after he cancelled the company's mining licence in April.

The first part of the LME courtroom drama is over after three days of legal argument at London's Royal Courts of Justice.