Exposing the copper surplus myth
Commodity analysts predictions are usually wrong about copper supply, often predicting a glut in the market for the ubiquitous metal used in everything from piping...
Category : Base metals
Vale Canada is selling a stake in its Indonesian nickel mining unit to Indonesia’s state-owned mining company
Vale Canada and Sumitomo Metal Miningboth agreed to sell a 14 per cent stake in Vale Indonesia (PT Vale) to PT Mineral IndustriIndonesia. The state-owned...
Global Battery to undertake trenching work at lithium project in Ireland
Global Battery Metals (GBML) is set to commence trenching and a new assay sampling programme at its Leinster lithium project in Ireland. The company received...
Raw materials scandal erupts in Portugal
Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa resigned as accusations of corruption relating to mining for transition materials were leveled at his government. At the heart of...
Spanish, Canadian companies working to revive former lead mining hub in southern Spain
Spain-based explorer and engineering company INSERSA and its Canadian arm, Kerogen Energy, are exploring a lead deposit in Linares, a former Pb mining hub located...
Africa’s lithium mining boom risks fueling corruption and failing citizens
The new rush for lithium — sometimes referred to as ‘white gold’ — in Africa risks fueling corruption and harming local communities and the environment,...
TOMRA technology delivers grade improvement at Saloro’s tungsten mine
TOMRA has installed a first X-Ray Transmission (XRT) sorter at Saloro’s tungsten mine in Barruecopardo, Spain. The sorter, implemented in the beneficiation stage, is consistently...
European Energy Metals update on expanded prospective land position in Central Finland
European Energy Metals reported it has completed a Phase 1 exploration program on its Central Finland Lithium Project. The field program ran from early July...
Tomorrow’s mine – the era of reinvention
Just as the materials we used to build society changed throughout prehistory – transitions we now use to define the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages...
The past and present of lithium mining in Serbia
Serbia is unique in the world because over 294,907 people (data from the Internet as of October 18th, 2023) deal with lithium and know everything...