Albemarle expects weak Q1 in China due to coronavirus Logistic delays "remain an area of concern," said chief financial officer. Reuters | March 10, 2020 | 12:41 pm
Sibanye, Implats and BASF develop new tri-metal catalyst, boosting platinum prices Innovation will enable palladium to be partially replaced with platinum in gasoline vehicles. Reuters | March 10, 2020 | 9:39 am
CNMC to transfer Africa copper, cobalt assets to engineering arm Company will sell its 74% stake to NFC for $1.06 billion, in a restructuring move. Reuters | March 10, 2020 | 9:26 am
American Battery Metals acquires Fenix Gold The buyout is aimed at supporting exploration efforts at the Abriaqui gold project in Colombia. MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 10, 2020 | 6:15 am
Glencore finds facts that “may be relevant” to corruption probes The Swiss miner and commodity trader is being investigated for alleged corruption and bribery in the UK, US and Brazil. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 5, 2020 | 9:11 am
PDAC: Friedland previews ‘Revenge of the Miners’ Renowned mining mogul Robert Friedland took a theatrical approach to introduce his message to PDAC convention attendees in early March. Northern Miner Staff | March 4, 2020 | 1:27 pm
Canada Nickel expands Crawford holdings The 706-sq.-km land parcel is adjacent to Glencore’s Kidd operations, one of the world’s deepest base metals mines. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 4, 2020 | 1:15 pm
Talga receives environmental permit for Swedish graphite project The Vittangi project has a total JORC resource of 12.3Mt at 25.5% graphite which, according to Talga, is the highest resource grade of any JORC/NI 43-101 graphite deposit in the world. MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 4, 2020 | 6:15 am
Lithium-ion batteries have a new rival – potassium metal US-based researchers found a solution to a persistent problem facing potassium metal batteries. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 4, 2020 | 6:10 am