Albemarle taps BHP veteran Udd as next CEO
Albemarle (NYSE: ALB), the world’s largest lithium producer, has named BHP (ASX, LSE, NYSE: BHP) executive Ragnar Udd as its next CEO as surging energy-storage demand tightens the battery-metal market….
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China’s biggest lithium mine loses licence
Analysts nearly halve CATL’s Jianxiawo output forecast for the year as environmental hurdles delay a sustained return to production.
BHP commercial chief exits amid China iron ore strain
BHP (ASX, LSE, NYSE: BHP) chief commercial officer Rag Udd will leave the world’s largest miner at the end of January, opening a key leadership vacancy as China intensifies pressure…
Sibanye OKs copper-gold projects on two continents
Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE: SSW; NYSE: SBSW) has approved its Mt Lyell copper-gold project in Tasmania and Burnstone gold project in South Africa, advancing two long-life developments as stronger metals prices boost…
Larvotto joins antimony ranks as Hillgrove revives
Larvotto Resources (ASX: LRV) has started antimony and gold production at its Hillgrove mine in Australia, adding a major Western source of a strategic metal whose supply is dominated by…
Glencore looms over Anglo-Teck’s $1.4B copper prize: FT
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) could complicate Anglo American’s efforts to capture the biggest gains from its $53-billion merger with Teck (TSX: TECK.A TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) as the miners negotiate how to…
Fortescue suspends executive over harassment claims
The suspension comes a week after the company said the executive would continue to work as the investigation developed.
Copper price run signals supply squeeze: Sprott
Copper’s roughly 50% surge over the past year is increasingly looking less like a traditional commodities cycle and more like a structural squeeze as mine shortages collide with rising demand…
Bunker Hill to buy Silver47 in $163M all-stock deal
Bunker Hill Mining (TSX: BNKR; US-OTC: BHLL) agreed to buy Silver47 Exploration (TSX-V: AGA; US-OTC: AAGA) in an all-stock deal valued at about $163 million (C$225 million) that will create…
Metals Exploration locks in $27M as La India first gold nears
Metals Exploration (AIM:MTL) has secured $27 million (C$38 million) in equipment financing as its La India gold project in Nicaragua closes in on first production by year-end. The company has…
Colombia gold mine collapse kills 13 workers
At least 13 workers have been killed and another seven injured in a landslide at an open pit gold mine in southwestern Colombia — the latest in a series of…
Fortescue exec kept on job during sex-harassment probe
Fortescue (ASX: FMG) is keeping an unnamed senior executive at work while external lawyers investigate allegations of sexual harassment and bullying, energy chief Gus Pichot said Thursday. The Australian miner…