Investors flock back to lithium as battery bust turns to boom

Spodumene is a mineral mined as a source of lithium, a key ingredient in electric vehicle batteries, for which China is the world's biggest market.

It expects to have sold 90% of its nickel sulphate supply by the end of 2019, two years earlier than anticipated.

Davenport Resources reported a maiden Joint Ore Reserves Committee-compliant resource of 576.6-million tonnes at 12.1% potassium oxide at its Ebeleben mining licence.

The Anglo-Australian miner maintained its guidance for this year of 330 million to 340 million tonnes.

Sayona is expected to make an announcement regarding the capital it needs to raise to complete a definitive feasibility study for the Authier Lithium Project.

The tenements are within the Leinster Nickel Project, located in granites and greenstones of the Achaean Kalgoorlie Terrane.

A new report issued by BMI research states that global bauxite production growth will accelerate over the coming years.

Almost all of Rio's aluminium production comes from a joint venture with Rusal in Australia.

A key feature of the annual Mines and Money Asia conference, which took place in Hong Kong last week, was the announcement […]