Chile’s state miner seeks $1.5 billion from lithium partner Enami has the rights to five lithium deposits in the Siete Salares area, with a collective net asset value estimated in $2.5 billion. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 28, 2023 | 3:41 am
Robots help ‘smart mines’ drive China’s coal build-out China invested $79 billion in coal production last year, according to the IEA, while the rest of the world combined spent $37 billion. Bloomberg News | April 27, 2023 | 6:06 pm
Peru wants to seize lithium ‘window of opportunity,’ says minister The world's second largest copper producer, Peru has a lithium exploration project in the region of Puno, on the border with Bolivia. Reuters | April 27, 2023 | 2:20 pm
Canadian Conservatives want Glencore takeover of Teck blocked Thousands of jobs would be at risk, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said in a statement. Bloomberg News | April 27, 2023 | 1:22 pm
Vale taps ex-Anglo CEO Cutifani to chair battery metals board Cutifani will join Jerome Guillen, a former Tesla executive, on Vale’s so-called energy transition board. Bloomberg News | April 27, 2023 | 1:15 pm
Suncor Energy to acquire TotalEnergies’ Canadian operations for $4 billion TotalEnergies holds a 31% working interest in the Fort Hills oil sands mining project and a 50% working interest in the Surmont in situ asset. Staff Writer | April 27, 2023 | 11:06 am
Ivanhoe taps Glencore for $250 million to start Kipushi zinc mine ahead of schedule Glencore will take all of the mine’s zinc concentrate for five years and fund the operation. Staff Writer | April 27, 2023 | 10:03 am
Hudbay on track for carbon-neutral operations at Constancia in Peru The company is on track to achieve its 2030 climate change target of a 50% reduction in GHG emissions. Staff Writer | April 27, 2023 | 9:14 am
South32 aims for downstream production of battery chemicals Miner will consider moving into the production of manganese sulphate in the US. Reuters | April 27, 2023 | 8:22 am