Serbia inks lithium memos with EU amid Jadar’s revival
Serbia, the European Union and Germany inked a series of agreements on Friday that may grant EU members as well automakers Mercedes Benz and Stellantis exclusive access to Serbian lithium. …
Court Cases
Ontario First Nation seeks mining claims ban for now, and more consultation
A northern Ontario First Nations community, which opposes development of the Ring of Fire area and has fought pulp and paper mercury poisoning for decades, is taking the province to…
Serbian top court clears path for Rio Tinto’s Jadar lithium project
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) could be back in the running to develop Europe’s top lithium mine after a Serbian court ruled the government unlawfully revoked the…
Skeena court win overturns ‘incomprehensible’ 2022 tailings ruling
The miner has successfully appealed a prior decision regarding ownership of waste rock and tailings from the British Columbia mine.
Mexico to seek deal over disputed mining concession with Ganfeng
Less than a week after Ganfeng Lithium filed an arbitration case against Mexico over a cancelled lithium mining concession, outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said his government would seek…
Gold Reserve raising US$30M to bid for Venezuela’s Citgo in asset seizure dispute
Gold Reserve (TSXV: GRZ; US-OTC: GDRZF), an exploration company that’s still trying to collect on what it’s owed by Venezuela for a 2008 expropriation of its Brisas gold project, is…
China’s Ganfeng sues Mexico over lithium permit
China’s Ganfeng and two of its subsidiaries in Mexico have initiated an arbitration case against the country’s government over a cancelled mining concession for an advanced lithium project in the state…
BHP confident in reaching Mariana disaster settlement
Last week, Vale and BHP presented Brazilian authorities with a new offer to settle reparations.
Adventus, Salazar granted key permit for Ecuador copper-gold mine
Adventus Mining (TSXV: ADZN) and Salazar Resources (TSXV: SRL) have scored a win in Ecuador after the country’s environment ministry granted the partners a water use permit for their Curipamba-El…
Vale, BHP ups reparations offer for Mariana disaster by US$2.4B
Vale said the new proposal totals $26.09 billion.
World Bank tribunal rules against Canada’s Montauk in dispute with Colombia
A World Bank tribunal has ruled in favour of Colombia in a feud with Canada’s Montauk Metals (TSXV: MTK). A mining ban imposed by the Gustavo Petro administration on the…
Slave-labour ruling lands Vale on ‘dirty list’
Vale said that its inclusion in the list is incorrect and that it will take the necessary steps for its immediate removal.