Albemarle on Tuesday detailed a process it believes will increase its Chilean lithium output by nearly a third and said it is working to reduce the affect of precipitation on its evaporation ponds.
Both steps should, if successful, help the world’s la…
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Albemarle, the world’s largest lithium producer, said on Tuesday it would not participate in the London Metal Exchange’s plans to launch a new contract for the white metal.
"An exchange contract tends to support a commodity market, and that’s not …
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Extreme temperatures around the globe drove a sharp acceleration in energy demand and carbon emissions last year, oil giant BP said on Tuesday, issuing a stark warning that the world risks losing the battle against climate change. And while 2018 saw an…
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Senegal’s justice ministry asked prosecutors on Monday to launch an inquiry into the country’s energy contracts after a report alleged that the President’s brother was involved in fraud related to two offshore gas blocks being developed by BP. After th…
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Australia’s Kibaran Resources Ltd said on Tuesday its proposed production facility at Kwinana, near Perth in Western Australia, would manufacture battery graphite worth A$72-million a year for export.
The company said an engineering study had found th…
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China Minmetals Rare Earth, one of the country’s largest rare earth miners, has begun construction of a new mining project in the central province of Hunan, the company said on Tuesday. The project in Jianghua county is expected to begin production in …
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Zambia has no plans to seize the assets of First Quantum Minerals and the copper producer intends to stay in the country despite the government’s move to wrest control of a rival miner, government and industry sources told Reuters. Canadian-listed Firs…
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Vedanta Resources on Tuesday plans to challenge the appointment of a provisional liquidator and the intended winding up of its Zambian business without the chance to be heard through lawyers of its choice, documents filed in court show. According to a …
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The London Metal Exchange (LME) has chosen Fastmarkets to provide the reference price for its planned lithium futures contract, it said on Monday.
The exchange, the world’s oldest and largest market for industrial metals, said it selected Fastmarkets …
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China’s iron-ore jumped the most in nearly two weeks on Monday, rallying along with other steelmaking raw materials, amid limited supply as stocks at the country’s ports shrank further, while demand could pick up again.
The most-actively traded iron o…
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