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January 17, 2025 | 4:04 am Rio Tinto to form new lithium unit after Arcadium buy Rio Tinto Lithium would control the miner’s $2.5 billion Rincon project in Argentina but not…
January 17, 2025 | 11:03 am Anglo American targets deal for Brazil nickel mines in H1 2025 The Barro Alto and Niquelandia mines have attracted interest of bidders from “different nationalities and…
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January 17, 2025 | 10:17 am Zambia looks to UAE and Saudi Arabia to back copper expansion The African nation aims to increase copper output to a record above 1 million tons this year.
January 17, 2025 | 2:20 pm Lithium Argentina investors OK Canada exit The move is expected to become effective Jan. 23, subject to approvals such as a…
January 17, 2025 | 2:11 pm Gunnison Copper, Rio’s Nuton get $13.9m tax credit to expand production in Arizona The Johnson Camp mine is under construction, with first copper production expected in mid-2025.
January 16, 2025 | 2:08 pm Column: Tin falls back to earth but supply problems haven’t gone away Investors lost faith in tin's bull narrative towards the end of 2024, slashing bets on…
January 16, 2025 | 6:00 am Will Indonesia shut the nickel spigot to spur prices? Indonesia’s clout in the global nickel market rivals OPEC’s in oil.
January 18, 2025 | 12:10 pm Amarc stock nearly doubles on gold-copper discovery at JOY project in British Columbia Amarc's CEO called the AuRORA discovery "a significant inflection point" in the exploration of the JOY district with Freeport.
January 17, 2025 | 12:53 pm O3 Mining investor knocks Agnico offer Agnico, the second-largest gold miner by stock market value, agreed to acquire O3 last month for about C$204 million.
CanAlaska to start drilling at Geikie uranium project The company, which has a 60% stake in the project, will be focused on testing shallow, high-priority targets. Staff Writer | June 13, 2023 | 8:04 am
Rio Tinto inks deal to bring iron ore rail car manufacturing to Pilbara Rio intends to invest about $101 million to acquire 100 domestically built ore rail cars over six years. Reuters | June 13, 2023 | 7:44 am
Nippon Steel still interested in investing in Teck’s steelmaking coal arm Glencore on Monday offered to buy Teck's steelmaking coal business as a standalone unit. Reuters | June 13, 2023 | 7:38 am
Almost a quarter of Canada’s GDP exposed to climate risk – study Study by the University of Waterloo found that as carbon costs rise, assets of $256 billion are at risk of being lost in Canada. Staff Writer | June 13, 2023 | 5:05 am
Boliden’s Ronneskar metals smelter damaged in fire, output halted The Swedish smelter is a major producer of copper, zinc, lead and other metals. Reuters | June 13, 2023 | 4:42 am
Billionaire Forrest calls Musk a ‘muppet’ over fuel cell doubts Andrew Forrest, founder of Fortescue Metals, said doubters of hydrogen fuel-cell technology, including Elon, are “muppets.” Bloomberg News | June 13, 2023 | 4:03 am
Lithium Americas produces first carbonate at Caucharí-Olaroz The output quality was lower than battery-standard lithium carbonate, but is part of the Argentinean mine commissioning process. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 13, 2023 | 3:45 am
Hastings Technology Metals to supply rare earths to Neo Performance Deal is to negotiate the supply of rare earth concentrate from Hasting’s Yangibana project in Western Australia. Reuters | June 12, 2023 | 4:21 pm
Battle for aluminum stocks is draining LME of non-Russian metal The trader that last month built up a dominant position in aluminum has begun taking delivery of some metal while rejecting supplies produced in Russia. Bloomberg News | June 12, 2023 | 2:42 pm