Apple buys first-ever carbon-free aluminum from Alcoa-Rio Tinto venture The Alcoa-Rio joint venture wants to commercialize a technology by 2024 that uses a ceramic anode to make aluminum and emits only oxygen. Reuters | December 5, 2019 | 12:11 pm
Barminco’s remote system operates loaders 1,000 kilometres away The subsidiary of fellow Australian company, Perenti, successfully piloted its BROC remote operating centre. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 5, 2019 | 6:15 am
Australia’s Panoramic rejects Independence’s ‘opportunistically timed’ takeover offer Shareholders also should wait to see if a superior offer emerged, said Panoramic. Reuters | December 4, 2019 | 9:54 pm
Indonesia dangles cheaper energy to lure billions in investment Indonesia is home to some of the world’s largest deposits of copper, nickel and tin. Bloomberg News | December 4, 2019 | 10:49 am
Vale aims to boost nickel production by 70% The company will divest its New Caledonia operation, eyes Indonesia for expansion. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 4, 2019 | 4:45 am
China wants new energy vehicle sales in 2025 to be 25% of all car sales China is also discussing introducing stricter green car quotas in coming years. Reuters | December 3, 2019 | 2:32 pm
Tipping point for electric cars still four years away – report Price of lithium-ion batteries used in EVs has dropped 87% since 2010, but reaching price-parity with internal combustion engines has ways to go. Frik Els | December 3, 2019 | 1:07 pm
Chile eyes state-backed lithium push in far-flung salt flats Chile is looking to develop two lesser-known deposits of the mineral needed to power a global push into electric cars. Reuters | December 3, 2019 | 11:51 am
Blackstone Minerals partners with S. Korean firm for lithium ion battery production Ecopro BM, South Korea's largest ev battery cathode producer, will develop a downstream processing facility with Blackstone's Ta Khoa nickel project in Vietnam. Reuters | December 1, 2019 | 10:11 pm