Glencore’s documents on planned EV battery recycling hub not enough for Sardinia The Swiss miner said in May that it wanted to develop a recycling hub for EV batteries with Canada's Li-Cycle. Reuters | October 19, 2023 | 9:14 am
Liontown secures $713 million for Kathleen Valley lithium project The project remains on track to begin production in mid-2024, the company said. Reuters | October 19, 2023 | 9:05 am
Column: Zinc market shifts to oversupply but where’s the metal? Zinc has been the second weakest performer among the LME base metals pack so far this year. Reuters | October 19, 2023 | 8:24 am
Caledonia explores funding options to build Zimbabwe’s biggest gold mine Gold miner wants to raise $250 million for Bilboes mine. Reuters | October 19, 2023 | 6:59 am
Freeport-McMoRan to slow expansions amid inflation, weak copper prices The company slightly raised its full-year copper sales outlook. Reuters | October 19, 2023 | 6:56 am
Taliban plans to formally join China’s Belt and Road Initiative Beijing has sought to develop its ties with the Taliban-run government since it took over in 2021, even though no other country has recognised the administration. Reuters | October 19, 2023 | 4:02 am
Antofagasta shares fall after 2024 copper output forecast disappoints The Chilean miner said it produced 469,100 tons of copper in the first nine months of 2023, 4.1% higher than the same year ago period. Reuters | October 18, 2023 | 8:53 am
Grupo Mexico proposes work group to address Sonora river contamination Nine years ago, a toxic mining acid spill into the Bacanuchi river in Mexico's Sonora state became one of the country's worst ecological disasters. Reuters | October 18, 2023 | 4:08 am
Tharisa delays Zimbabwe platinum mine, citing weak prices and uncertain economy Tharisa is building the 194,000 ounce per year Karo PGM mine at a cost of $391 million. Reuters | October 17, 2023 | 3:45 pm
Vale’s iron ore output falls as operations failure hits key mine The firm produced 86.2 million metric tons of iron ore between July and September. Reuters | October 17, 2023 | 3:17 pm
Whitehaven to buy BHP’s Queensland coal mines in $4.1bn deal The decision furthers BHP's push to exit its coal operations in Queensland. Reuters | October 17, 2023 | 2:42 pm
Posco-backed group invests in lithium technology startup EnergyX EnergyX is building a DLE demonstration plant in Argentina's Salta province, near Posco's Sal de Oro project. Reuters | October 17, 2023 | 10:12 am
