Arizona Lithium ties up with Native American firm to develop project Company had entered into an alliance with Navajo Nation to develop its flagship Big Sandy lithium project in Arizona. Reuters | December 5, 2022 | 7:14 am
CMOC threatens legal action over Congo cobalt mine export block Tenke Fungurume Mining suspended copper and cobalt exports in July, when a dispute between Congo and CMOC escalated. Reuters | December 5, 2022 | 7:10 am
Tharisa annual profit up 7% as chrome prices jump The company's 70% owned Karo Mining Holdings is building a $391 million PGM mine in Zimbabwe. Reuters | December 5, 2022 | 7:07 am
Papua New Guinea PM Marape presses mining, energy giants to advance projects PNG wants progress on undeveloped projects as it sees opportunities to boost resource sales to Asia. Reuters | December 5, 2022 | 3:30 am
HSBC resigns as LME member after exiting industrial metals The bank was a small player in industrial metals, but told Reuters in July 2020 that returns were too low to justify continuing the business. Reuters | December 2, 2022 | 9:54 am
Chile copper production up 1.4% in October – Cochilco Production from state-owned giant Codelco fell 5.8% on a yearly basis to 135,800 tonnes. Reuters | December 2, 2022 | 9:43 am
Biden’s climate bill is a put option on automakers’ big EV bets EVs are still expensive and take more market share almost entirely in premium and luxury segments of the US market. Reuters | December 2, 2022 | 9:28 am
Pebble CEO criticizes US EPA veto suggestion "Massive regulatory overreach." Reuters | December 2, 2022 | 8:20 am
Airbus says to decouple from Russian titanium ‘in months’ The European Union has so far avoided banning Russian commodities other than steel and coal, and titanium remains exempt from restrictions. Reuters | December 1, 2022 | 8:59 pm
BMW invests in low carbon copper firm Jetti Jetti has the technology to extract more copper from low-grade resources and produce metal with a low carbon footprint. Reuters | December 1, 2022 | 8:08 am
China’s lithium newcomer Zijin eyes rich returns from battery demand The company has already spent $16 billion buying three lithium mines over the past year. Reuters | December 1, 2022 | 7:43 am
Congo agreed to pay Gertler’s company $250m in resources deal The Israeli businessman is accused of leveraging his friendship with former Congo President Joseph Kabila to secure lucrative mining deals. Reuters | December 1, 2022 | 7:35 am