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Rio Tinto boosts efforts to win public support for Serbia lithium mine

With a production of 58,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate per year, Jadar could supply enough lithium to meet 90% of Europe’s current needs.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 25, 2024 | 7:12 am

Karelian closer to finding green diamond source in Finland

Irish explorer has completed a detailed excavation program in the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 25, 2024 | 3:48 am

Anglo Asian releases resource estimate for Garadag copper project in Azerbaijan

Anglo Asian is aiming to become a multi-asset, mid-tier primarily…

Staff Writer | September 24, 2024 | 4:22 pm

Troilus Gold raising $16 million for exploration at historic Quebec mine

The company completed a feasibility study for a new open…

Staff Writer | September 24, 2024 | 12:25 pm

Indonesia launches $941 million smelter-grade alumina refinery

The production capacity of the refinery is 1 million metric…

Reuters | September 24, 2024 | 11:16 am

High concentrations of rare earths found in Utah, Colorado coal mines

Rare earth elements are concentrated in fine-grain shale units in Utah and Colorado active coal mines.

Staff Writer | May 23, 2024 | 6:06 am

Rio Tinto faces pressure to leave London exchange

Activist investor Palliser Capital argues that switching its primary listing to Australia would boost Rio Tinto's shares by about 40%.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 23, 2024 | 5:18 am

Greatland grows exploration portfolio in Western Australia

The Woodlands property, part of the company's Mt Egerton project, is a highly under-explored area with vast gold and copper potential.

Staff Writer | May 23, 2024 | 3:03 am

Mexican president rules out expropriating Vulcan’s mine but maintains land closure

Lopez Obrador has accused the company, which extracts limestone in southern part of the country, of environmental damage.

Reuters | May 22, 2024 | 10:23 am

Anglo American rejects BHP’s third bid, extends deadline

Anglo has left the door open for BHP as it agreed to grant it a one-week extension to table a binding offer.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 22, 2024 | 7:03 am

BHP, Kingsrose to jointly explore Norway and Finland

Kingsrose has numerous early-stage nickel-copper exploration targets and has secured exploration licences across the two Nordic nations.

Staff Writer | May 22, 2024 | 5:46 am

Anglo’s second largest investor demands BHP bid revision

Petition by South Africa's Public Investment Corporation (PIC), which owns a roughly 7% stake in Anglo, comes just hours before bid deadline.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 22, 2024 | 3:33 am

Zimbabwe to start gold-tracing system in bid to curb smuggling

Zimbabwe loses about $1.5 billion annually to smuggling of the precious metal.

Bloomberg News | May 21, 2024 | 7:18 am

Metal waste can be turned into catalyst for hydrogen production

Swarf, a byproduct of the metal machining industry, can anchor atoms of platinum or cobalt, leading to an efficient electrocatalyst.

Staff Writer | May 21, 2024 | 6:06 am

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