June 28, 2020

Renewables sector falling short on human rights

New benchmark assesses 16 of world’s largest publicly-traded wind and solar producers against human rights standards.

June 26, 2020

MINING.COM EV Metal Index drops to 28-month low

Price declines for lithium, graphite, cobalt and nickel have slowed, but raw material deployment is tanking.

June 25, 2020

Orocobre expects June quarter lithium sales to plunge

It warned that total sales volume would more than halve for the period.

June 24, 2020

Demand for EV raw materials to spike – report

United Nations says global market for cathode to reach $58 billion by 2024.

June 24, 2020

Ten countries control 50% of global gold reserves

Although the United States continues to hold the largest gold reserves, China and Russia have emerged as the top buyers.

June 24, 2020

Argentina approves Millennial Lithium’s environmental impact assessment for Pastos Grandes

The EIA approval allows for a 24,000-tonne-per-year battery-grade lithium carbonate production facility to be built and operated on Pastos Grandes.

June 23, 2020

Deep sea mining could destroy undiscovered species, says Ocean Panel

Ocean floor mining a "sustainability conundrum", report says.

June 23, 2020

Spearmint Resources to kickstart Nevada lithium operations

The Canadian miner is working on a series of strategies to be applied at the Elon property and the McGee property.

June 19, 2020

Altura inks lithium supply contracts with Ningbo Shanshan

The Australian miner would supply a minimum of 60,000 tonnes of the metal.

June 17, 2020

Chile lithium miners feel heat from exploding coronavirus outbreak

Top producers SQM and Albemarle said output nonetheless remained unscathed.