Tesla inks multi-year nickel supply deal with Prony
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has inked a multi-year nickel supply deal with New Caledonia’s Prony Resources, which guarantees the U.S. carmaker about 42,000 tonnes of the metal needed to produce the…
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Ivanhoe keeps DRC copper mine expansion ahead of schedule
Kamoa-Kakula Phase 2’s concentrator plant is now expected to begin full operations in Q2 2022.
Antofagasta to test use of hydrogen in mining equipment
Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) has become the first mining company in Chile to set-up a pilot project to advance the use of hydrogen in large mining equipment, especially haulage trucks. The pilot, set up at the company’s Centinela copper…
Bristow, Marape to meet on potential fast-track of Porgera restart
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) CEO Mark Bristow is set to meet with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape this week, with the aim of speeding up the…
BHP to expand into “tougher jurisdictions” in search of battery metals
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) CEO Mike Henry says the company is ready for a strategic shift out of its geographical, advanced-economies comfort zone into “tougher jurisdictions” as…
US narrows gap with China in race to dominate battery supply chain, report says
The United States is narrowing the gap with China when it comes to the race to dominate the battery value chain, according to BloombergNEF’s second annual Global Lithium-Ion Battery Supply…
Canadian miners need to create value as M&A picks up
Canadian miners minimized disruption at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic by acting quickly and decisively, leaving many in a good position to benefit from rising commodities prices, particularly gold,…
Gold Resource to buy Aquila Resources in US$30.9 million deal
Gold Resource (NYSE-AM: GORO) has inked a deal to acquire Aquila Resources (TSX: AQA) in a US$30.9 million transaction that will create a mid-size North American precious and base metals…
De Beers sells first traceable diamonds under GemFair
Anglo American’s De Beers, the world’s largest rough diamond producer by value, has sold the first roughs produced under the GemFair program, aimed at removing conflict diamonds from the market…
Newmont axes gold output targets at Boddington in Australia
Revision comes as a result of several challenges during commissioning the mine’s first Autonomous Haulage System (AHS) fleet.
BHP inks nickel supply deal with Toyota-Panasonic battery venture
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has inked a deal to supply nickel sulphate from Western Australia to a battery-making joint venture between Toyota Motor and Panasonic called Prime…
Lithium-ion battery recycling market to reach US$31B per year by 2040 — report
In a new report, IDTechEx forecasts that by 2040, the global lithium-ion battery recycling market will be worth US$31 billion annually. According to the market analyst, China is already the…