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Lynas to move upstream processing of rare earths from Malaysia to Australia

The Australian miner, the world’s only major producer of rare earths outside China, said the A$500 million-plan ($346 million) aims to boost production, appease Malaysian regulators and fend off takeover attempts.

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Ivanhoe Mines secures full financing for first two mines in Congo

Zijin, China’s No.1 gold producer and Ivanhoe’s partner in the now massive Kamoa-Kakula copper project in the DRC, added an additional C$67 million (about $49m) into the Canadian company’s coffers.

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Rio Tinto plans to start mining lithium in Serbia by 2023

No decision will be made until the end of 2020, when the company expects to have completed a study on the Jadar, which is estimated to contain 10% of the world’s lithium reserves.

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World’s largest hard rock lithium mine to get bigger

Talison Lithium, a partnership between China’s Tianqi and U.S. group Albemarle, obtained an environmental approval for the A$516-million ($361m) expansion of Greenbushes mine, in Western Australia.

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