Indonesia has played a key role in global markets as a bulk materials supplier, but President Joko Widodo has pledged to eventually stop exports of all raw commodities to turn the country into a major manufacturing hub for electric transportation.
Phase 1 of the Molo graphite mine is fully funded and, when commissioned, will become one of the few operating graphite mines outside of China.
Gov't expects $25bn in investments related to 34 projects currently in advanced exploration, as the deadline to restructure billions in debt to the IMF looms.
Ranking of world’s 20 best selling electric cars and the battery metals used in them show automakers grappling with soaring raw material prices.
Indigenous communities living around Chile’s Atacama salt flat last year asked authorities to suspend SQM’s operating permits or reduce its operations until it submits an environmental compliance plan acceptable to regulators.
Barrick, the world’s second biggest gold miner, is among the firms said to be interested in coming to Nigeria.
“We’ve got decades worth of high rates of investment into infrastructure as the world seeks to decarbonize. That’s a widely held consensual view."
According to IDTechEx, electrification is inevitable as is the EV industry’s focus on environmentally friendlier materials and supply chains, and safer products.
Liontown joins other lithium players in the country, like Vulcan Energy, to strike major supply deals with EV makers.
Despite the pullback in iron ore and copper prices, the MINING.COM TOP 50 ranking of the world’s most valuable miners made strong gains at the end of the year.