Australia’s Mineral Resources (ASX: MIN) will pump A$13.6 million (US$9.80 million) into fellow explorer Global Lithium Resources (ASX: GL1) as part of a A$30 million (US$21.61 million) placement that seeks…
Wyloo Metals has approved a $4.9 million drill program to explore the West Raglan project in northern Quebec’s Nunavik region as part of its earn-in agreement with Orford Mining (TSXV:…
The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has urged the government to invest more in critical minerals in this year’s budget to avoid “slipping behind” its competitors in the sector, while…
A 62% jump in passenger electric vehicles (EVs) registrations in the second half of 2021 to 5.84 million units continues to drive an intensifying demand in the battery metals sector,…
The need for battery metals is propelling many projects in resource-rich South America, but gold and silver projects retain their appeal, too. BEAR CREEK MINING The Corani silver-zinc-lead project in…
Brazil’s minerals and metals-rich state of Minas Gerais is looking to sell its 33.3% stake in Companhia Brasileira de Lítio (CBL), the country’s only producer of lithium carbonate and hydroxide. The state’s…
Electric vehicle (EV) battery start-up Britishvolt, which has the ambitious plan to build a recycling gigafactory in the U.K., has secured a £40 million (US$54 million) cornerstone investment from partner…
KoBold Metals, a start-up backed by a coalition of billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, has raised $192.5 million in its latest financing round, which will allow it to speed…
Miner and commodities trader Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has tied up with electric vehicle (EV) battery start-up Britishvolt to build a new plant to recycle lithium-ion batteries in the United Kingdom….
Operating mines in the United States generated US$90.4 billion in mineral commodities in 2021, a 12% increase year-over-year, the US Geological Survey said in the 27th annual Mineral Commodity Summaries report…
Fortune Minerals (TSX: FT) intends to buy a defunct steel processing plant in Alberta and turn it into a cobalt refinery. The company says the plant, which it will purchase for $5.5 million, will significantly reduce the…
Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW) has walked away from a US$1 billion deal to acquire the Santa Rita nickel and Serrote copper mines in Brazil, which would have boosted its…
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