Spanish copper producer Atlantic Copper recently agreed deals to borrow €19-million to finance six projects intended to cut the company’s energy use and reduce emissions, its managing director Javier Targetta told Reuters.
Sustainability has been a lo…
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Hudbay Minerals on Tuesday vowed to appeal a court ruling that barred the Canadian miner from building a major copper mine in the United States after losing its bid to have a judge revisit the decision.
US District Judge James Soto late on Monday said…
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Australia is considering underwriting loans to develop its reserves of critical minerals such as rare earths and is seeking partners with a large customer base like the US, its resources minister said on Wednesday.
The move comes as the US looks to r…
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BHP said its Escondida copper mine, the world’s largest, was operating at a "reduced rate" after union workers walked off the job for part of the day on Tuesday in solidarity with the anti-government protest movement across Chile.
Chile, the …
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The London Metal Exchange (LME) said on Tuesday it would create a committee to represent the interests and views of producers and users of lithium, a key ingredient in batteries.
The LME said the committee was likely to include representatives of nine…
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Cobalt supply will remain robust despite a price slide that has already led to the closure of a major mine, Russia’s Norilsk Nickel said, as most is produced as a byproduct of more buoyant metals like nickel and copper.
Prices of the battery metal sur…
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London-based mining company Savannah Resources said on Monday it was in talks with several major European industrial groups, including carmakers, as it gears up to start commercial lithium production in northern Portugal in 2021.
Portugal is Europe’s …
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Anglo American unit De Beers said its 2019 marketing budget will exceed last year’s figure of $170-million and will focus on the biggest market the United States, where women lavishing diamonds on themselves has boosted sales.
While US demand has held…
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Albemarle, SQM and other lithium producers have been scaling back expansion plans as near-term oversupply concerns drag on prices, unnerving investors who are pushing the industry to focus more on profitability.
Volkswagen, BMW and other automakers pl…
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Mining companies should make more use of technology to respond to increasing demands from investors and communities for responsible mining practices, Rio Tinto CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques said on Monday.
Technologies such as autonomous rail-cars and in…
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