June 29, 2023 RANKED: World’s top 10 rare earth projects The Tanbreez property in Greenland takes top spot.
June 29, 2023 Bolivia taps China, Russia’s Rosatom in bid to unlock huge lithium riches The deals follow a similar agreement in January with giant Chinese battery maker CATL.
June 29, 2023 Biden administration aims $2 billion in grants at US electric vehicle transition Auto workers union has warned that a rapid change to EVs could put thousands of jobs at risk.
June 29, 2023 Indian state-owned firm to sign lithium pact with Argentina The state-owned joint venture will "shortly" sign an agreement with Argentina to secure a few lithium blocks.
June 29, 2023 Fixing deep-sea mining damage would be double the cost of extraction — study Ecosystem restoration would cost between $5.3 - $5.7m per sq. km, compared with $2.7m sq. km to mine the seafloor.
June 29, 2023 French-British venture to develop UK’s largest lithium deposit France's Imerys and junior miner British Lithium have teamed-up to open a mine with capability to supply lithium for 500,000 EVs by 2030.
June 28, 2023 World faces ‘terrifying’ future if miners, regulators don’t step up — Newcrest The mining industry needs to bring online the equivalent of 17 more Escondidas by 2050, says interim CEO Sherry Duhe.
June 28, 2023 Metso now offers complete battery minerals production and recycling Metso’s recycling process offers complete processes for lithium extraction from brines or ore.
June 28, 2023 Swiss Federal Council wants moratorium on deep sea mining The Swiss government stated that commercial exploitation should be postponed until more scientific knowledge is obtained.
June 28, 2023 Chile lithium plan well received by investors, finance boss says The government plans to submit a bill to Congress later this year to create a national lithium company.
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