Seabed mining regulator meets amid mounting pressure for codeMeeting is considered pivotal for the UN body, expected to finalize its decade-long effort to enact regulations by 2025.Cecilia Jamasmie | July 15, 2024 | 4:05 am
Congo offers own cobalt from joint ventures for first timeGecamines has requested bids for the firm’s portion of cobalt…Bloomberg News | July 12, 2024 | 8:22 am
CMOC to double copper output at Congo mines to 1 million tonnes by 2028The Chinese miner produced about 420,000 tonnes of copper in…Reuters | July 10, 2024 | 7:17 am
US backs Australian lithium, rare earths projects for up to $786 million Anson Resources and American Rare Earths received interest from the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Reuters | September 23, 2024 | 4:26 pm
Nouveau Monde gears up for Matawinie construction phase 2 The project is expected to generate 97% pure flake graphite for at least 25 years. Staff Writer | September 23, 2024 | 12:10 pm
Canada to invest $42 million in Yukon, Northern British Columbia mining infrastructure The C$60 million in funding will be divided between two key infrastructure projects for critical minerals mining, Staff Writer | September 23, 2024 | 11:41 am
Ivanhoe Electric unit secures $55 million Chinese investment for vanadium battery business In addition to forming a JV, Ivanhoe and VRB will also establish a separate US-based vanadium redox battery business, to be located in Arizona. Staff Writer | September 23, 2024 | 8:45 am
Nornickel opens EV battery R&D centre The R&D center in St. Petersburg will be used to study the use of nickel-containing cathode active materials in electric batteries. Reuters | September 23, 2024 | 6:45 am
Vanadium is the new battery cathode chemistry, says Pure Lithium CEO The company says it has found a way to make lithium metal batteries from scratch going from “from brine to battery” in less than 48 hours. Amanda Stutt | September 20, 2024 | 3:47 pm
Urbix gets $125 million government grant for Alabama graphite plant The plant, already backed by funding from London-based Appian Capital Advisory, is to produce 10,000 tonnes of the anode material a year. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 20, 2024 | 3:09 pm
Standard Lithium shares rise after being selected for $225m award negotiation by DOE The funding is intended to support the construction of the central processing facility for Phase 1 of the South West Arkansas project. Staff Writer | September 20, 2024 | 8:56 am
South32’s Arizona manganese plant tapped for $166m US government grant The DOE funding would provide 30% of the cost of its proposed manganese production facility, said the Australian miner. Staff Writer | September 20, 2024 | 8:24 am