Biden infrastructure plans will prop up base metals markets Plans by US President-elect to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure are expected to underpin metals prices in the coming months. Reuters | December 7, 2020 | 9:26 am
IGO in talks to buy into Tianqi’s Greenbushes lithium mine Australian nickel-gold miner IGO could buy up to a 25% stake, worth close to $1.5 billion, in the world’s biggest hard-rock lithium mine. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 7, 2020 | 3:43 am
MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Glencore taps coal head Gary Nagle as new CEO; Mining supercycle talk back; Carmakers have blind spot for lithium, cobalt, nickel prices MINING.com Editor | December 4, 2020 | 3:50 pm
Vale postpones sale of operations in New Caledonia The miner has lost billions of dollars with the operation, located next to the Goro deposit. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 4, 2020 | 11:44 am
Lithium Americas’ Thacker Pass closer to production The Nevada project is host to the largest known lithium resource in the US. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 4, 2020 | 9:49 am
Standard Lithium makes better-than-battery-quality lithium carbonate The Vancouver-based company completed the start-to-finish proof of concept of its lithium processing technology. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 4, 2020 | 6:20 am
Glencore taps coal head Gary Nagle as new CEO Announcement came as the Swiss firm revealed an ambitious plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 4, 2020 | 3:51 am
Carmakers have blind spot for lithium, cobalt, nickel prices New research report has a warning for electric carmakers about the direction of battery prices without incentives to build new mines. Frik Els | December 3, 2020 | 12:20 pm
Not enough class 1 nickel in the pipeline – Sherritt CEO Carmakers are coming to appreciate the difference between the mining industry and the automobile industry. Amanda Stutt | December 3, 2020 | 11:23 am