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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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China’s iron and steel association warns on over-capacity, shrinking profits

The country’s sprawling steel sector, which has cut 150 million tonnes of steel production over the past three years, was “far from achieving its tasks” amid Beijing’s supply-side reforms, the association reports.

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Top miners back autonomous systems guidelines

Document divides operations into six levels, from zero (entirely manual ) to five (fully autonomous), and assists in the preparation of a business case for autonomous mining, depending on level and needs.

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