Australian, South Korean companies join forces to recycle battery metals Envirostream to supply SungEel with recycled mixed metal dust containing cobalt, nickel and lithium. MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 7, 2019 | 6:15 am
Albemarle plans $100m cost cuts to counter low prices The world's largest lithium producer is grappling with a fall in prices on near-term oversupply concerns. Reuters | November 6, 2019 | 3:30 pm
Responsible sourcing blockchain network for minerals moves closer to production Plans underway to expand from tracing cobalt into other key battery metals, tungsten, tantalum, tin and gold. MINING.com Editor | November 6, 2019 | 2:00 pm
Mining tycoons lose challenge to UK bribery investigation UK judge ruling bolsters the Serious Fraud Office in one of its longest-running and most sensitive investigations Bloomberg News | November 5, 2019 | 8:53 am
Trump administration to relax regulations on coal-ash pollution The EPA's proposal would unwind some of the requirements set in 2015 for treating toxic wastewater and ash discharge. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 5, 2019 | 7:26 am
Lithium price: Worst may be over for Australian producers New Benchmark lithium industry assessment has some good news for besieged hard rock miners. Frik Els | November 4, 2019 | 1:58 pm
Bolivia walks away from lithium project with German company Germany's ACISA, which employs just 20 people, was created solely to focus on building the now botched lithium mine in the Salar de Uyuni. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 4, 2019 | 10:10 am
Trading firm Traxys agrees to cobalt marketing deal with Nornickel Russia's Nornickel produces about 5,000 tonnes of cobalt a year as a byproduct of nickel. Reuters | November 1, 2019 | 10:54 am
Mineral Resources, Albemarle pause Wodgina output on weak lithium market Australian lithium producers had earlier this year flagged weak market conditions for the rest of 2019 amid reduced demand from Chinese customers. Reuters | November 1, 2019 | 8:44 am