Tianqi Lithium, one of the world’s top lithium producers, said on Friday it was exploring selling equity and assets, as well as bringing in strategic investors to address liquidity problems but that no agreements had yet been signed.
The Chinese comp…
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China will carry out a one-month long investigation into the hidden risks of tailings dams after a spill at a molybdenum miner last month, authorities said on Friday.
Despite "an obvious improvement" in security conditions of tailings dams acr…
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Mexican mining companies Grupo Mexico, Industrias Penoles and Fresnillo can withstand the impact of a shutdown of up to three months because they have sufficient "financial flexibility," S&P Global Ratings said on Thursday.
The Mexican gov…
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Argentina’s fledgling lithium sector has been torpedoed by the global spread of coronavirus, with operations stalled by a nationwide crackdown and some projects being abandoned as the pandemic has sharpened economic concerns in the country.
Argentina …
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Brazil’s mineral production fell 17% in the first quarter of 2020, compared with a year ago, with the coronavirus outbreak’s impacts on the sector expected to deepen in the second quarter, industry group Ibram said on Wednesday.
Mineral output totaled…
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A Chilean environmental court said on Tuesday it would investigate a complaint brought by the government against global miner BHP over allegations of damage to the northern Punta Negra salt flat.
The First Environmental Court, based in the northern C…
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The Kazakh iron-ore unit of mining and metals conglomerate Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) is increasing exports to China to offset declining demand in the former Soviet Union, the company said on Wednesday.
Chinese consumers have confirmed they are re…
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Australia’s main stock index fell on Wednesday as prospects of a deep global recession and its impact on the demand for crude oil hammered energy stocks and offset better-than-expected trade data from China, the country’s biggest trading partner.
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With Goa’s fabled beaches emptied by a nationwide lockdown to fight the coronavirus, the Indian state is about to witness an epic battle at the heart of the trade-off between reviving the economy and protecting the environment.
On April 21, India’s Su…
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China’s rare earth exports rose 19.2% year-on-year in March, customs data showed on Tuesday, hitting their highest since at least 2014 as a backlog of product was shipped, helping the industry rebound from a January-February slump due to the coronaviru…
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