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Chile okays lithium miner SQM’s plan to remedy water violations

The 18-month remediation plan includes a new online system to monitor SQM's extraction rates of both brine and fresh water from beneath the salt flat.

Reuters | January 7, 2019 | 12:30 pm

Congolese mining company leaves ITSCI certification scheme over cost

Societe Miniere de Bisunzu (SMB), has given 30 days notice to end its contract with ITSCI, a responsible supply chain initiative, citing the scheme's rising costs.

Reuters | January 7, 2019 | 9:38 am

Chilean lithium exports continue rise, to $949m in 2018 – central bank

Global demand for lithium is expected to quadruple by 2025.

Reuters | January 7, 2019 | 9:13 am

Canada’s Cobalt 27 goes after lithium with royalty acquisition

Cobalt 27 will put in about $9 million into a share of production at Mineral Resources and Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium's Mount Marion lithium project in Western Australia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 7, 2019 | 8:11 am

China to step up crackdown on rare earth sector: ministry

China launched the crackdown on the rare earth sector in 2009, with authorities claiming that illegal activities drove down global prices and made it impossible to cover the huge environmental costs of production.

Reuters | January 4, 2019 | 9:16 am

China slowdown a big threat to industrial metals in 2019 — analyst

With metals ringing off the new year on a weak note, both price- and demand-wise, BMO Metals says the main questions for 2019 revolve around China and whether its government is doing enough to slow the country's economic contraction.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 4, 2019 | 5:50 am

Blackwater founder launches fund to invest in electric car battery metals

The founder of the US private security company aims to raise as much as $500 million to invest in deposits of metals such as cobalt, lithium and copper.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 2, 2019 | 5:19 am

Chile to delay arbitration with top lithium producer Albemarle

Under the contract, Albemarle had agreed to provide as much as 25 percent of its annual production at a discount to companies seeking to produce battery metals within Chile.

Reuters | December 28, 2018 | 11:31 am

Human activity creates 208 new mineral species

Study shows mining has sparked "unparalleled inorganic compound diversification" like rabbittite at Lucky Strike, Utah and a handful found on smelter walls

Frik Els | December 27, 2018 | 9:59 am

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