The biggest global mining news of 2023
The mining world was pulled in all directions in 2023: the collapse of lithium prices, furious M&A activity, a bad year for cobalt and nickel, Chinese critical mineral moves, gold’s…
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Mineral Resources boosts stake in lithium miner Azure Minerals
The battle to control Australia’s Azure Minerals (ASX: AZS) seems far from over as Mineral Resources (ASX: MIN) bought additional shares on Tuesday in the lithium and battery metals junior,…
Rinehart buys 18% in Azure Minerals to block SQM takeover
Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting said on Friday it had acquired 18% of Azure Minerals (ASX: AZS), in a strategic move aimed at checking Chilean lithium giant SQM’s…
Rinehart may block SQM’s $1B takeover bid of Azure Minerals
Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart, who recently thwarted Albemarle’s (NYSE: ALB) attempt to buy Liontown Resources (ASX: LTR), is now said to be evaluating ways to block Chilean lithium giant SQM’s A$1.6…
SQM buys 30% stake in Australia’s Pirra Lithium
Chilean lithium giant SQM (NYSE: SQM) has agreed to buy a 30% interest in Australia’s Pirra Lithium, a junior launched in March from the combination of certain exploration assets in…
Codelco in talks with Australia’s Lithium Power on potential deal
Australia’s Lithium Power International (ASX: LPI) confirmed Thursday it was in talks with Chilean state-owned copper miner Codelco about a potential deal to jointly mine for the battery metal in…
Great Southern Copper expands into lithium in Chile
Great Southern Copper (LSE: GSCU) announced on Wednesday it had secured the Monti lithium project in Chile’s Salar de Atacama salt flat for US$2.26 million ($3 million). The U.K.-based mineral…
Allkem update more than doubles James Bay lithium resource to 110M tonnes
An update to Allkem‘s (TSX: AKE; ASX: AKE) James Bay lithium project in northern Quebec has increased the resource by 173% over its previous estimate from December 2021, the company…
Chile to negotiate with lithium partners on case-by-case basis, says mining minister
Chile’s mining minister Marcela Hernando clarified the country had announced a strategy, not a policy.
RANKED: The world’s longest-lived battery metals mines under construction
With growing demand for battery metals including nickel, lithium and graphite, The Northern Miner has teamed up with our data provider Mining Intelligence to rank the top battery metals projects…
Chile to nationalize its lithium industry
The long-awaited policy sets ups a public-private model in which the state will partner with miners through a dedicated national lithium company.
RANKED: World’s top 10 biggest lithium mines
Lithium is a crucial component in the batteries that power the electric vehicles the world needs to accelerate the green energy transition. While lithium prices were white hot late last…