January 20, 2025 | 3:56 am Barrick’s Reko Diq project to generate $74 billion over 37 years — Bristow The copper and gold mine, co-owned by Barrick, Pakistan and the province of Balochistan, is expected to begin production by 2029.
January 19, 2025 | 4:30 pm Australia iron ore hub resumes operations after cyclone threat Port Hedland is the world's largest iron ore export hub.
January 17, 2025 | 11:25 am Biden boosts loan for ioneer’s Nevada lithium mine to nearly $1 billion The loan is nearly 50% larger than a conditional funding commitment made two years ago,…
January 19, 2025 | 4:17 pm Australian government pledges $1.24 billion in green aluminum push The Australian government is targeting 82% of power supply to come from renewables by 2030.
January 19, 2025 | 11:23 am At least seven killed by army at Ghana’s AngloGold Ashanti mine Earlier, about 60 illegal miners carrying locally manufactured rifles and other weapons reportedly breached the…
December 29, 2024 | 12:16 pm Supply-demand imbalance looms for critical battery raw materials by 2030: McKinsey
January 17, 2025 | 3:49 am Codelco, Saudi Arabia eye joint copper investments The collaboration could also extend to lithium, as Saudi Arabia seeks to import the battery metal from Chile for domestic processing.
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…
January 19, 2025 | 2:10 pm Fleet Space, Ma’aden partner to accelerate critical minerals discovery in Saudi Arabia The agreement will help provide the latest breakthroughs in space, multiphysics, and AI drill targeting…
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…
January 20, 2025 | 8:32 am American Pacific boosts copper resource at Palmer project in Alaska The contained copper in indicated category increased 16% over the 2019 resource estimate.
January 20, 2025 | 7:00 am Copper market sees half chance of 10% US tariff by first quarter-end, Goldman says Trump has talked of tariffs of as much as 10% on global imports as well as 60% on Chinese goods.
Li-Metal says first to produce refined metal from lithium carbonate The company is piloting its patented process at its Markham, Ontario, facility. Staff Writer | May 23, 2023 | 10:35 am
St Barbara ends talks with Silver Lake on Leonara bid Silver Lake had raised the cash component of the proposal by A$44 million after St Barbara rejected its earlier offer of A$707 million. Reuters | May 23, 2023 | 10:19 am
Mining firms’ cash-raising lifts Toronto exchange as deals slow Firms in the materials sector have raised C$1.6 billion on the Toronto Stock Exchange since the beginning of 2023. Bloomberg News | May 23, 2023 | 10:12 am
Copper dealt blow in battle for critical mineral status in the US The Copper Development Association claims the USGS's refusal to include copper is based on old facts outside of its own 2022 methodology. MINING.COM Editor | May 23, 2023 | 9:50 am
Column: Aluminum is the West’s critical minerals blind spot Western European primary aluminum production has been sliding since 2017. Reuters | May 23, 2023 | 9:32 am
Standard Lithium stock surges after finding ‘highest grade brine’ in Arkansas One sample from the south west Arkansas project returned 581 mg/L lithium. Staff Writer | May 23, 2023 | 9:18 am
China buys more Australian coal as appetite for quality builds Australian cargoes in April of mostly thermal coal for power plants surged 75% from the prior month. Bloomberg News | May 23, 2023 | 8:19 am
Microbes help deal with uranium in groundwater, spent nuclear fuel repositories A chemical process for the removal of uranium from groundwater has been discovered. Staff Writer | May 23, 2023 | 6:10 am
Mining lags on female C-suite, board representation Women currently hold 14% of all mining executive positions and 12.3% of board roles, data showed. Reuters | May 23, 2023 | 5:50 am