Codelco’s new CEO Alvarado tasked with boosting copper output
Ruben Alvarado also faces reining in ballooning costs, and spearheading a state push into battery metal lithium.
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Iron ore price set for best week in 11 on China demand prospects
China is aiming to achieve a supply and demand balance in its steel market this year.
Improving graphite cathodes’ structure could lead to faster-charging EVs
Recent findings could lead to faster-charging, longer-lasting, and safer electric cars.
Zelandez launches specialized lithium brine recycling service
Believed to be an industry first, the service combines hydrochemistry with traditional reinjection techniques used extensively in the oil and gas market and deployed in lithium mines.
South32 sees competitive process for Botswana copper mine ‘a bit rich’
The company says the sales process for Botswana's Khoemacau copper mine was quite competitive.
Foremost Lithium completes $4 million public offering, Nasdaq listing
Foremost currently holds five hard-rock lithium exploration projects totalling 221.6 square kilometres in the Snow Lake mining district of Manitoba.
BHP Xplor launches search for next round of exploration prospects
Selected companies will receive up to $500,000 cash payment from BHP, together with access to a network of internal and external experts to help guide development.
How miners can better manage community resettlement as demand for metals rises
The location of many energy transition minerals will require access to land in regions of political instability or insecurity, including in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
UK Serious Fraud Office drops long-running investigations into Rio Tinto and ENRC
Another setback for an agency that’s expended years prosecuting suspected corruption across the commodities industry.
