Value of battery metals in newly-sold EVs tops $1.5bn in single month

MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index hit a new all-time monthly high as electric vehicle sales lift off and lithium, nickel and cobalt prices continue to rise.

MINING.com Editor | February 22, 2022 | 3:48 pm

Charts: Copper project pantry bare from 2025

BofA sees long-term copper supply challenged amid a lack of development.

Henry Lazenby | February 22, 2022 | 11:50 am

Vale seeks more time to remove upstream tailing dams

The Brazilian miner told regulatory bodies it was "technically impossible" for it to meet Minas Gerais' current Feb. 25 deadline.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 22, 2022 | 8:08 am

Antofagasta profit, dividend hit records on soaring copper prices

The copper miner's EBITDA increased about 80% to $4.8 billion in 2021, allowing it to pay the biggest dividend in its 134-year history.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 22, 2022 | 6:01 am

South32 completes Sierra Gorda stake buy

The $1.4 billion deal marks the miner's entry into the world’s largest copper-producing country ahead of a forecast demand boom.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 22, 2022 | 3:56 am

Brazil’s Minas Gerais state to sell stake in lithium miner

The mining state is looking to sell its 33% holding in CBL, Brazil’s only producer of lithium carbonate and hydroxide.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 18, 2022 | 7:01 am

Barrick Gold near Pueblo Viejo tailings decision

The country's energy and mines minister Antonio Almonte said a decision on the final location and conditions for the permit was imminent.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 17, 2022 | 9:53 am

Codelco to start lithium exploration in March

Chilean state-owned mining firm received an environmental permit to develop Salar de Maricunga.

Reuters | February 16, 2022 | 12:29 pm

RANKED: World’s top 10 copper mining projects – 2022

Copper is a metal vital to the green energy transition.

MINING.com Editor | February 16, 2022 | 11:46 am

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