Ivanhoe Electric buys private land by copper project in Arizona

The company is saying it will buy 6,205 acres of private land by its Santa Cruz copper project near Casa Grande, Arizona.

MINING.COM Editor | May 11, 2023 | 9:35 am

China’s GEM to build a $500m joint nickel project in Indonesia

The project, sited in Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park, will produce 20,000 tonnes per year of nickel.

Reuters | May 11, 2023 | 8:18 am

Head of new lithium giant building supply chain for Americas

“America-centric is a big differentiator for us with customers, with investors,” said Livent CEO Paul Graves.

Bloomberg News | May 11, 2023 | 7:57 am

Scientists find two different types of water in lithium-rich salt flats

US-based researchers have characterized for the first time two types of surface water in the hyperarid salars that contain much of the world’s lithium deposits.

Staff Writer | May 11, 2023 | 6:08 am

Indonesia became second largest cobalt producer in 2022 – Cobalt Institute

The country accounted for almost 5% of global production of the battery material in 2022.

Reuters | May 10, 2023 | 9:27 am

Rio Tinto to co-fund Finnish solution to recover critical minerals, metals from mine wastewater

Weeefiner and Sensmet are developing a solution that will be able to provide water treatment to end-of-life mining sites and selectively recover critical minerals and rare earth metals.

Staff Writer | May 10, 2023 | 5:05 am