Mexico passes mining reform nationalizing lithium
Mexico has officially nationalized its lithium industry after the Senate approved by 87 votes in favour, 20 against and 16 abstentions the mining reform proposed by President Andrés Manuel López…
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Mexico’s lower house backs lithium nationalization plans
Mexico’s lower house of Congress has passed an amendment to mining legislation that paves the way for the state to nationalize the country’s lithium reserves. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s…
JV Article: Lomiko Metals sets its sights on supplying minerals critical for a green energy future
Lomiko Metals (TSXV: LMR; US-OTC: LMRMF) has ambitions to become a billion-dollar company, says Gordana Slepcev, the company’s chief operating officer. The Canadian junior is exploring for graphite and lithium —…
Battery Metals Snapshot: Eight companies developing minerals critical for a low-carbon future
As the world transitions away from fossil fuels to electrified transportation systems and energy networks, new deposits of the minerals required for a low-carbon future will need to be discovered…
Canada’s decarbonization plan mum on metals and mining
It is said that to produce any good, what cannot be grown must be mined. By this token, governments and the general public tend to conveniently forget that the energy…
Glencore to supply cobalt to GM in multi-year deal
Miner and commodities trader Glencore (LON: GLEN) has inked a multi-year agreement with General Motors (NYSE: GM) to provide the automaker with cobalt from its Murrin Murrin operation in Australia. The…
Western Australia is world’s new top mining destination
Resource-rich Western Australia has been picked the most attractive region for mining investment in 2021, replacing the U.S. state of Nevada, which fell to the third place in the latest…
BHP’s Nickel West to be fully powered by renewables
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LON: BHP; ASX: BHP) has secured enough renewable energy to cover 100% of the power requirements of three of its major nickel operations in Western Australia, following…
Lithion Recycling receives $22.5M funding from the Quebec government
Lithion Recycling has received $22.5 million in funding from the Quebec government, including a $15 million equity investment in the company’s capital stock through Investissement Québec and $7.5 million in…
Miners welcome Biden’s Defense Production Act use as ‘urgently’ needed
Mining companies and analysts have described U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to authorize the Defense Production Act to increase battery metals production and reduce the country’s reliance on China and…
Serbian elections to reshape debate on Rio Tinto’s Jadar project
Rio Tinto (ASX, LON: RIO) might have the licence for its $2.4 billion lithium project in Serbia reinstated should the country’s pro-mining president, Aleksandar Vučić, and his ruling Serbian Progressive…
RANKED: World’s biggest nickel projects – 2022
Nickel is used mainly in the steelmaking process, but also in production of batteries for electric vehicles, and it is the metal that has grabbed the most headlines so far…