ALX encouraged by nickel, copper mineralization at Falcon project The Vancouver-based miner is awaiting assays from the new discovery to validate the Saskatchewan project’s potential. MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 17, 2020 | 6:10 am
LME may have a paper-filing problem if UK goes on lockdown Every day, agents print ownership certificates for metal in warehouses as far away as South Korea. Bloomberg News | March 16, 2020 | 9:19 am
Exploration expenditure flattens in BC – survey Investors are broadening their focus from gold toward copper, silver and nickel. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 15, 2020 | 11:14 am
Air-metal batteries for EVs get a boost Researchers developed a new catalyst that eliminates the need to use platinum in the air cathode. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 15, 2020 | 7:00 am
Filtering technology increases speed, recovery rates from lithium brines The technology is expected to be commercialized soon by US-based EnergyX. MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 14, 2020 | 11:03 am
Philippines to dethrone Indonesia as largest global nickel ore producer After a drop this year, Fitch analysts expect by 2029, global annual nickel production to reach 2.8mnt. MINING.com Editor | March 13, 2020 | 12:48 pm
Lithium Americas expects delays at Caucharí-Olaroz over coronavirus The company expects construction on the $500m project completed early 2021. Bruno Venditti | March 13, 2020 | 11:37 am
Meet zinc, the cheap metal gunning for lithium’s battery crown Metal is making the jump into a developing $30 billion energy-storage market for electrical grids. Bloomberg News | March 13, 2020 | 7:35 am
Neo produces battery-grade lithium carbonate in Argentina The Canadian miner achieved purities of 99.535% and 99.599% using two different processes. MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 13, 2020 | 6:10 am