Top Philippine nickel miners may spend $2 billion in new plants The Philippines has been pushing miners to invest in processing facilities instead of just shipping out raw ore. Bloomberg News | September 21, 2023 | 7:00 am
Indonesia extends validity of mining production plans to three years Indonesia will allow mining production plans to stay valid for three years with immediate effect. Reuters | September 21, 2023 | 6:51 am
Congo sees expanded UAE mining investment, seeks Inga partners The plans signal an openness to new investors beyond the Chinese and European companies. Bloomberg News | September 20, 2023 | 10:39 am
Battery metal miners lack serious policies on informed consent — report An Oxfam report shows that many battery metal miners do not have the necessary policies to respect the rights of the communities impacted by their activities, especially Indigenous communities. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 20, 2023 | 8:00 am
Norway’s Aker BP may explore for seabed minerals, CEO says Norway could become the first country to start commercial deep sea mining if parliament gives the go-ahead to explore the remote Mid-Atlantic ridge. Reuters | September 20, 2023 | 7:38 am
Great Southern Copper expands into lithium in Chile The UK-based mineral exploration company has secured the Monti lithium project, in the Salar de Atacama salt flat, for $2.26 million. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 20, 2023 | 6:03 am
Exxon evaluates lithium extracted from fracking wastewater While its lithium activities are at an early stage, production of the metal at scale would be a big business even for a company of Exxon’s size. Bloomberg News | September 19, 2023 | 2:01 pm
Chinese battery parts maker, African fund plan $2 billion venture in Morocco CNGR is joining forces with Al Mada to build an industrial base in Morocco. Bloomberg News | September 19, 2023 | 11:05 am
Indonesia will not approve any new mining quotas for 2023 A new mining quota application system will be available to nickel miners from October and applications can be filed from November. Reuters | September 19, 2023 | 10:43 am