Pilbara Minerals expands offtake deal with Ganfeng
Australian lithium producer Pilbara Minerals (ASX: PLS) has increased its sales contract with Ganfeng over the next three years and has the option to further boost the spodumene concentrate tonnage…
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At Saudi Arabia’s Future Minerals Forum, the buzz word is partnership
Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) Mark Bristow and Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) Mark Cutifani like Saudi Arabia’s plan to be a regional financial partnership hub because others racing to develop…
Posco, Lithium South to jointly develop Hombre Muerto project
South Korea’s Posco and Canada’s Lithium South Development (TSXV: LIS) — a junior with a $39-million market cap — have signed an agreement for the joint development of the Hombre…
Norway approves deep sea mining in Arctic Ocean
Norway’s parliament approved on Tuesday commercial plans to open the Arctic Ocean to seabed mineral exploration, despite environmental groups and the fishing industry’s warnings that the move would risk the…
New critical mineral mines in BC could generate nearly $800B, says MABC
In the province of British Columbia, 16 proposed critical mineral mines, worth $36 billion in near-term investment, 300,000 person-years of employment and $11 billion in tax revenues, are at a…
Lithium junior Kali Metals soars on ASX debut, defying market trend
Shares in lithium explorer Kali Metals (ASX: KM1) jumped as much as 86% on its first day of trading on the Australian Stock Exchange, following an initial public offering in…
Core Lithium halts mining on ‘tough’ market conditions
Australia’s Core Lithium (ASX: CXO) has halted production at its Finniss operations and flagged a significant write-down on the value of its assets as the effect of the battery metal’s…
China’s CMOC attains cobalt output crown
Rising output from a new African mine helped China’s CMOC Group become the world’s largest cobalt producer over Glencore (LSE: GLEN). CMOC produced 55,526 tonnes of cobalt last year in…
Lithium price plummet due to continue
Lithium prices are expected to decline further because of rising supplies of the battery metal, subdued Chinese demand and a lacklustre American electric vehicle (EV) market. Australia, which mined about…
Top lithium miners eye partnerships with Chile’s government under new law
Some top lithium miners including China’s Tianqi Lithium Corp., South Korea’s LG Energy Solution and French critical mineral producer Eramet SA have met with Chilean government representatives in the past…
Why the mining industry should deliver a social contract
The “E” of ESG — environment — tends to get the lion’s share of attention in the mining sector. This has probably been warranted by the increasingly prescriptive nature of…
Federal critical mineral research needs more cash, hears US House committee
U.S. critical mineral supply chains need more funding if national security needs are to be met, says GreenMet CEO Drew Horn. Horne was one of five witnesses giving testimony during…