Glencore strikes deal to test copper technology at Chilean mine Glencore’s Lomas Bayas mine agreed to begin on-site testing at scale of a leaching process developed by Ceibo. Bloomberg News | November 19, 2024 | 6:57 am
Iron ore price at one-week high on softer dollar, pre-holiday stocking Underpinning prices is some mills kicking off buying seaborne cargoes to meet their production needs over the week-long Chinese New Year holiday break in January. Reuters | November 19, 2024 | 6:41 am
BHP to spend up to $14 billion on Chilean copper expansion BHP plans to invest $7.3 billion to $9.8 billion in new projects at its Escondida mine alone, starting in 2028. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 19, 2024 | 6:19 am
Sayona, Piedmont to create lithium giant in $623m merger Deal creates North America’s largest hard rock lithium miner, which will be based in Australia and listed on both the ASX and NASDAQ. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 19, 2024 | 3:40 am
Centrus says Russia canceled TENEX’s licence to export low-enriched uranium to US Russia, the world's largest supplier of enriched uranium, said last week it had imposed temporary restrictions on the fuel's export to the US. Reuters | November 18, 2024 | 3:44 pm
Prony Resources plans for restart of nickel production in New Caledonia The company, which operates the Goro mine and a plant producing battery-grade nickel, returned workers to facilities on Monday. Bloomberg News | November 18, 2024 | 3:33 pm
SRG Global wins $455m worth of contracts across Australia, New Zealand These include a five-year contract for asset integrity services with Switzerland-based Glencore. Reuters | November 18, 2024 | 2:07 pm
CBMM, Echion open world’s largest niobium anode production plant in Brazil The facility is capable of producing 2,000 tonnes per year of XNO, equivalent to 1 GWh of lithium-ion cells. Staff Writer | November 18, 2024 | 1:39 pm
Forrest’s Wyloo casts doubt over future of rare earths hopeful Rare earths junior Hastings Technology Metals is in a dispute with its financial backer, Wyloo. Kristie Batten | November 18, 2024 | 12:37 pm
