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

Avalon gets $2.5 million from Sibelco to advance non-JV projects

The companies are partners on the Separation Rapids lithium project in Kenora, Ontario, which is currently in the drilling stage.

Staff Writer | November 18, 2024 | 11:22 am

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