Bolivia creates directorate to lead exploration, prospecting activities President Jeanine Añez made the announcement during a visit to the mining department of Potosí. MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 13, 2020 | 10:41 am
Accelerated carbonation of mining waste may be used to recover cobalt, nickel Researchers were able to achieve the equivalent of 30 years of passive carbonation of mine tailings within four weeks. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 13, 2020 | 6:34 am
Albemarle locks horns with Chile over reserves data Regulators are demanding extra information on reserves Albemarle holds in the lithium-rich Atacama salt flat. Reuters | September 11, 2020 | 8:51 am
Tesla in talks to buy low carbon nickel from Canada The company is in discussions with Canadian miner Giga Metals about helping to develop a large mine. Reuters | September 11, 2020 | 8:17 am
MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Barrick CEO faces stark test; Definitive feasibility study for Kakula confirms giant mine; Freeport’s Grasberg go-go days back. MINING.com Editor | September 11, 2020 | 6:34 am
Eight mines the size of Glencore’s Katanga needed to meet battery metals demand – report Wood Mackenzie states that the cobalt market would have to double and 800 kt LCE of additional lithium would be needed by 2025 to limit global warming by 2.5 degrees. MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 11, 2020 | 6:23 am
Carbon emission curves for iron ore, copper, met coal and nickel Skarn has also created mine-by-mine carbon intensity curves for gold, silver and cobalt, to be published over the coming weeks. Skarn Associates | September 10, 2020 | 3:30 pm
Lithium battery waste to grow recycling market – report IDTechEx estimates that just in 2020, 330 kt of waste Li-ion battery will be produced. MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 10, 2020 | 6:30 am
Russia’s richest man owns more melting Arctic than anyone The Arctic is warming with such rapid speed—more than twice as fast as the global average—that it serves as a leading indicator. Bloomberg News | September 10, 2020 | 2:01 am