The global mining industry may need to nearly double its annual capital expenditure (capex) if the world is to cut its climate-changing carbon pollution to net zero by 2050, according…
Neal Froneman seems laid-back but he’s a man in a hurry. The CEO of Sibanye-Stillwater, the largest primary producer of platinum, second-largest primary producer of palladium and a top-tier gold…
Well before Wyloo Metals began its fight with BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) for Noront Resources (TSXV: NOT), the Australian company signed a definitive agreement with Toronto-based junior…
Ganfeng Lithium, China’s No.1 producer of the battery metal, has signed a new contract with Tesla to supply the electric vehicles maker with battery-grade lithium hydroxide products for three years…
Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW) is extending its footprint to Australia with a US$46 million acquisition of a 19.99% stake in New Century Resources (ASX: NCZ), which owns the Century tailings…
South Africa’s Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW) is buying two nickel and copper miners in Brazil from private equity firm Appian Capital in a US$1 billion deal that boosts the company’s growing battery materials…
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has joined the rising chorus of companies and analysts warning of an imminent and “significant” supply gap for lithium, as demand for…
The world’s largest miner is now offering C$0.75 per share of Noront, representing a 36% premium to its previous offer, a 7% premium to the Wyloo offer and a 213% premium to Noront’s unaffected price.
A months-long battle over nickel-copper miner Noront Resources (TSXV: NOT) may have come to an end as the Canadian company said today that it had picked a sweetened bid from Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals, over…
Demand for ‘green energy’ metals like copper, nickel, lithium, and cobalt has risen sharply, driven by the global move to lower carbon emissions and electric vehicle makers chasing battery ingredients….
Chile will open a tender for the exploration and production of 400,000 tonnes of lithium in an effort to reclaim market share and meet growing demand for the metal used in electric vehicles and high-tech devices. The copper-producing nation,…
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has inked a multi-year nickel supply deal with New Caledonia’s Prony Resources, which guarantees the U.S. carmaker about 42,000 tonnes of the metal needed to produce the…
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