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Tianqi Lithium’s lithium hydroxide processing plant under construction. Credit: Tianqi Lithium.

Tianqi to build world’s largest spodumene converter

Tianqi Lithium Australia, a subsidiary of China’s Tianqi Lithium, has started building a state-of-the-art spodumene converter that will produce battery-grade lithium hydroxide in Kwinana, Western Australia. Initial production is expected…



A drill site at Clean TeQ Holdings’ Sunrise cobalt-nickel-scandium project in Australia, 350 km west of Sydney. Credit: Clean TeQ Holdings.

Friedland-backed Clean TeQ Holdings debuts on TSX

Clean TeQ Holdings (TSX: CLQ; ASX: CLQ), which owns the Sunrise project in Australia, one of the highest-grade and largest nickel-cobalt deposits outside of Africa and one of the highest-grade…


An excavator moves earth at Novo Resources’ Beaton’s Creek gold property in Western Australia. Credit: Novo Resources.

More exploration needed, MinEx’s Schodde says

VANCOUVER — A looming decline in production from Australia’s gold mining industry could be a wake-up call for explorers worldwide, MinEx Consulting managing director Richard Schodde says. The industry soothsayer…




The landscape at Novo Resources’ Comet Well property immediately southwest of Novo’s Purdy’s Reward project area in Western Australia’s Karratharegion. Credit: Novo Resources.

Novo shares tumble on sampling woes at Purdy’s Reward

VANCOUVER — Novo Resources (TSXV: NVO; US-OTC: NSRPF) is “uncomfortable” with the experimental, bulk-sampling technique it has been using for grade estimation at the company’s Purdy’s Reward paleoplacer joint-venture gold project…



Copper Mountain Mining CEO Jim O'Rourke (L) and CFO Rod Shier (R) during concentrate shipping at the Vancouver Wharf. Credit: Copper Mountain Mining.

Copper Mountain bids
 US$70M for Altona Mining

VANCOUVER — Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CMMC; US-OTC: CPPMF) has tabled a US$70-million, all-share bid for Australia-based Altona Mining (ASX: AOH) and its district-scale Cloncurry copper-gold property, 95 km northeast of…




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