McEwen lands Rio Tinto venture for Argentina-focused copper unit
Rio’s copper leaching technology venture, Nuton, snapped up most of the McEwen Copper shares in the final tranche of a private placement.
Rio’s copper leaching technology venture, Nuton, snapped up most of the McEwen Copper shares in the final tranche of a private placement.
It could take 15 years or more for old batteries to eventually arrive at recycling plants.
The world's largest copper producer expects its output of the red metal to fall further next year amid project delays.
Ford says it takes up to 10 years to complete permitting requirements for critical mineral mining in the US, versus two to three years in Canada and Australia.
When the additional facilities come on line between 2024 and 2026, Toyota's battery production capacity in the two countries will have increased by 40 gigawatt-hours.
A specialist panel tasked with formulating battery strategy also set a target of securing 30,000 trained workers for battery manufacturing and supply chains by 2030.
The newly approved plan will cost the company $52 million in investments and measures taken to address six environmental infractions detected by Chile's regulator.
Freyr is building its first lithium-ion battery factory in the far north of Norway and has announced plans for production in Finland and the US.
Tianqi Lithium said its factory in Sichuan's Shehong city resumed normal production.
In a paper published in the journal Nature, the researchers explain that the new battery architecture uses aluminum and sulphur as its two electrode materials.