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…
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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…
Arizona Lithium rides momentum ahead of Prairie project PFS
Arizona Lithium (ASX: AZL) has raised A$16.5 million (US$11 million) in flow-through funding as it prepares to release results of a prefeasibility study for its Prairie lithium project in Saskatchewan….
TechMet urges UK to catch up in critical minerals race
Britain is falling behind European and North American peers in securing local sources of critical minerals, which threatens to hit the car industry the hardest, a government report warns. Successive…
Record investment propels BC as an attractive mining centre
As British Columbia breaks another spending record for mineral exploration, Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) B.C.’s president and CEO Keerit Jutla is convinced the province is turning the corner on…
Volt Lithium rises on PEA for Rainbow Lake Alberta brine project
Volt Lithium (TSXV: VLT) shares rose more than 11% today after it released a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Rainbow Lake lithium brine project in northwest Alberta. The…
Gates, Bezos-backed KoBold Metals in four-continent quest for lithium
KoBold Metals, backed by a coalition of billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, has launched a four-continent search for lithium, the coveted metal used in batteries that power electric…
Global mining stars due at third annual Saudi green metals conference
Saudi Arabia seeks to funnel more petro-dollars to battery metal projects with an all-star lineup at its third annual Future Minerals Forum in January. Leaders of the world’s largest…