Ford has struck deals with Albemarle, SQM and Nemaska Lithium as availability and cost of crucial battery materials have been key concerns.

Legal action filed in Montana names Teck Coal Ltd. as a one of three defendants in a request for judicial review by environmental groups in Montana and Idaho.

The board of directors is to analyze binding offers for a 10% stake that could be valued at $2.5 billion.

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Vale would sell 10% of the unit worth around $2.5 billion, local newspaper reports.

Zeta Resources, which owns 9.96% of Copper Mountain, and Mitsubishi Materials, which owns 25%, have signalled their approval.

Proceeds will help advance La Plata copper-silver-gold-PGE project in Colorado.

The miner, whose shares collapsed this week on the closure of its Minto copper-gold mine in Canada, has engaged insolvency advisers.