MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

A U.S. court ruled that the Chaupe family case against Newmont Mining Corporation should be heard in Peru - not Delaware, where the company incorporated almost 100 years ago.

Workers were demanding higher profit-sharing payouts.

Kidman Resources has chosen a site in Kwinana, Western Australia with Chilean joint venture partner SQM to develop a lithium processing plant.

La Oroya polymetallic smelter had been operated by Doe Run Peru, a unit of the U.S.-based Renco Group, from 1997 until the company went bankrupt in 2009 and its assets were transferred to a group of former creditors.

The Brazil-based lithium mine developer eyes a wave of demand for the metal used in rechargeable batteries for iPhones and electric cars.

First Customer Minera Centinela Begins Use of Optimus Drone at Mining Sites.

The Toronto-based miner expects to stay in line with its 900,000 ounces production guidance for 2018.

Brazil on Wednesday contradicted a United States announcement that the two countries had reached a deal on a permanent exemption from steel and aluminum import tariffs, saying the Trump administration had unilaterally cut off talks.

Lack of new projects, investment deficit and increasing political risk will hit supply of cobalt, lithium, copper and nickel, key metals for making the batteries that power electric cars.