Universities collaborate to kickstart Australia’s critical mineral futureResearch initiative to help companies better identify, characterize and extract critical minerals.MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 21, 2021 | 11:24 am
Russia considers profit tax on companies to stimulate investment at homeThe proposal was being considered only for a very small…Reuters | September 21, 2021 | 11:14 am
Indonesia considers export tax for products with less than 70% nickel contentMost nickel products exported from Indonesia have nickel content of…Reuters | September 17, 2021 | 10:44 am
Glencore to appear in court in US, UK over corruption probe Glencore is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice and Brazilian authorities in the Car Wash scandal. MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 23, 2022 | 7:30 am
Chile aims to outline state lithium firm model this year, minister says The Gabriel Boric administration is keen to get more closely involved in the booming market for lithium. Reuters | May 22, 2022 | 9:47 am
Hyundai Motor Group to invest $5.5 billion to build EV and battery facilities in US Hyundai will break ground on its new facility in Georgia in early 2023 and is expected to begin commercial production in the first half of 2025. Reuters | May 20, 2022 | 12:35 pm
Tesla battles for battery engineers commanding CFO-like salaries In 2021, salaries for US battery engineers ranged from around $100,000 for a junior position to nearly $200,000 for a director. Bloomberg News | May 20, 2022 | 7:43 am
Horizonte kicks off construction of Araguia nickel mine in Brazil The Araguaia nickel mine in northern Brazil is set to produce 29,000 tonnes of the battery metal a year for the steel market. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 20, 2022 | 7:13 am
Tianqi produces Australia’s first battery grade lithium hydroxide TLEA’s Kwinana plant has met internal certification processes with the onsite laboratory confirming that battery-grade specification has been met on 10 tonnes of lithium hydroxide. Staff Writer | May 19, 2022 | 3:44 pm
If Tesla isn’t good enough for an ESG index, then who is? Tesla’s removal this week from an industry benchmark index is raising new questions about what ESG actually means to investors. Bloomberg News | May 19, 2022 | 2:05 pm
SQM profit soars on high lithium prices Chile, the world's largest producer of lithium, has profited from the rising global demand for electric vehicles. Reuters | May 19, 2022 | 7:54 am
In Chile’s Atacama, lithium mining stirs fight over flamingos Flamingo numbers are falling, with a new study linking this to the water extracted by mining firms to pump up brine filled with lithium. Reuters | May 19, 2022 | 7:35 am