Infomine

By Michael Allan McCrae Cassini Resources, which is trying to advance a nickel-copper-PGE sulphide deposits and gold in Western Australia, received a US$3.09 million placement from Chinese lithium-ion battery materials manufacturer, Guangzhou Tinci Materials Technology. Announced last week, the deal will result in the issue of approximately 68.8 million new ordinary shares at a price […]

By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Maxtech Ventures (CSE: MVT) is staying its course when it comes to growing within the battery metals sector particularly the vanadium subsector, as the silvery-grey element has seen spiking numbers in the past three years with prices rising by 300 per cent since 2017. Besides developing vanadium and manganese projects in

By Michael Allan McCrae Forest fires and smoke in the interior of British Columbia have forced Teck to temporarily suspend operations yesterday at its smelter in Trail, according to a report S&P Global. Teck’s Trail Operations, one of the world’s largest fully integrated zinc and lead smelting and refining complexes, employs 1,400 workers. In 2017

By Cecilia Jamasmie The Trump administration proposed Tuesday new rules for regulating carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation, in a move that could keep aging coal-fired plants running longer and which is part of its strategy to support US coal mining. The suggested pollution standards for power plants, known as the Affordable Clean Energy rule,

By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Vancouver-based International Battery Metals (CSE: IBAT) announced today that it is going to work with U.S. engineering firm Impact Technology Development on the design and construction of its first proprietary mobile lithium extraction unit. By liaising with Impact’s chemists and chemical engineers, International Battery Metals expects to move ahead with the

By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Rio Tinto (LON, ASX, NYSE:RIO) opened today a fourth diamond pipe at the subarctic Diavik Diamond Mine, located in the Northwest Territories of Canada, 220 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle. In a press release, the Anglo-Australian miner said that the new open-pit pipe will provide an important source of “incremental

By Michael Allan McCrae LG Chem, a major South Korean lithium-ion battery manufacturer, is increasing its cell manufacturing capacity to such an extent that it may surpass the entire LIB market in both output and raw material consumption from just three years ago. Roskill, industry analysts that ran the numbers on LG Chem’s planned output,

By Cecilia Jamasmie Australian junior Northern Minerals (ASX: NTU) is getting close to begin exporting quality rare earth carbonate from its Browns Range project in Western Australia’s Kimberley region as it has finished commissioning a pilot plant at the site. Western Australia’s first heavy rare earths (HREs) plant has now all its components installed, powered

By Michael Allan McCrae Colorado School of Mines held its annual M Climb event on Friday where students and faculty carried a 10-pound rock from their hometown to form an M on a local mountainside. The school says the tradition dates back from 110 years ago when students and faculty built a monument on Mount

By Cecilia Jamasmie Canada’s Lucara Diamond (TSX:LUC), the company that hit the jackpot in 2015 after finding the world’s second-largest diamond, is stepping up efforts to track gems in the supply chain and advance personalized sales by inking a deal with industry technology developer Sarine Technologies. Through its subsidiary Clara Diamond Solutions, acquired in February,