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The Cahora Bassa hydropower plant
Mozambique seeks to end 50-year hydropower pact with South Africa
2nd February 2024 By: Bloomberg

Mozambique plans to end half a century of hydropower supply to South Africa’s State-owned electricity utility, raising risks for the continent’s most industrialized economy and threatening the... 


GM, Stellantis-backed lithium startup seeks $1bn for brine project
2nd February 2024 By: Bloomberg

A private US lithium startup backed by Stellantis and General Motors Co. is working with financial advisers to seek more than $1-billion for its project in California. The funds are for a project... 


Lithium project delays, more M&A on the cards as market transitions – Wood Mac
Lithium project delays, more M&A on the cards as market transitions – Wood Mac
1st February 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

The lithium market is entering a period of transition, with the once-unstoppable demand growth for the key battery material now decelerating as the market matures and electric vehicle (EV) sales... 


Sigma announces jump in size of Brazilian deposits
1st February 2024 By: Bloomberg

Sigma Lithium announced an increase in the estimated size of its deposits of the electric vehicle battery metal in Brazil, which the company said will allow it to further expand production levels... 


AVZ reports updated mineral resource at DRC project
31st January 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed AVZ Minerals has updated the mineral resource of its Manono lithium and tin project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after generating new results from the 2022 to 2023... 


Patriot Battery Metals graduates to TSX
31st January 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Hard-rock lithium exploration company Patriot Battery Metals has received final approval from the TSX to list its common shares, effective upon market open on Thursday. The shares will trade under... 


IGO halts Cosmos nickel project
IGO halts Cosmos nickel project
31st January 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Australian miner IGO will transition the Cosmos nickel project, in Western Australia, into care-and-maintenance, the company announced on Wednesday. Since initiating a review of Cosmos in... 


Lithium miners warn on plunging profits after price freefall
31st January 2024 By: Bloomberg

Two of China’s biggest lithium companies became the latest miners to issue stark warnings over the health of the battery metal industry, telling investors to prepare for tumbling profits and asset... 


Ndalamo CEO Shammy Luvhengo.
Coal miner Ndalamo pursuing renewable energy, other minerals
31st January 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Coal mining company Ndalamo Resources is actively exploring opportunities in renewable energy and other minerals, paving the way for a diversified and resilient future. Ndalamo CEO Shammy Luvhengo... 


An image depicting Premier African Minerals CEO George Roach
Canmax agrees to carry-over of outstanding payments by Premier
30th January 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Premier African Minerals reports that Canmax Technologies has agreed that $3-million owed to it by Premier be carried forward. The payments relate to Premier’s failure to deliver at... 


Albemarle lays off 4% of its global workforce
Albemarle lays off 4% of its global workforce
30th January 2024 By: Bloomberg

Albemarle, the world's largest lithium producer, has laid off more than 300 employees, or 4% of its workforce, as part of a previously announced round of cost-cuts, The Information news site... 


Extension granted to all Cinovec licences – European Metals
29th January 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Dual-listed European Metals Holdings (EMH) has announced the granting of an extension to all four of its exploration licences at the Cinovec lithium project, in Czech Republic.    These licences... 


Battery metals bust spurs output cut at leading lithium mine
Battery metals bust spurs output cut at leading lithium mine
29th January 2024 By: Bloomberg

Australia’s biggest lithium mine and one the world’s flagship projects has become the latest battery-metals venture to feel the pain from faltering demand growth, with output set to be trimmed as... 


Bolivia launches new international tender for lithium extraction
Bolivia launches new international tender for lithium extraction
29th January 2024 By: Reuters

Bolivia's government has launched a new international tender for companies to extract lithium from the country's salt flats, the energy minister said on Friday. The tender, from state-owned... 


Sigma Lithium's chief controls officer exits company in latest shake-up
29th January 2024 By: Reuters

Sigma Lithium's chief controls officer (CCO) Raphael Dias has left the company, he told Reuters on Friday, in the latest management shakeup at the Vancouver-based miner. Dias was announced as CCO... 


An image depicting Multotec processing equipment MD Bheka Majola
Multotec wins SACEEC Exporter of the Year Award
26th January 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

Mineral processing equipment supplier Multotec has won the South African Capital Equipment Export Council’s (SACEEC’s) Exporter of the Year Award in the category for companies with a turnover of... 


SRK Consulting MD Andrew van Zyl (right) interviewed by Mining Weekly’s Martin Creamer.
SRK celebrating 50 years of consulting to natural resource sector
26th January 2024 By: Martin Creamer

The 50 years of experience that SRK Consulting has accumulated since coming into existence in 1974 has placed it in an excellent position to outline how mining’s approach to environmental... 


Atlantic completes Stage 1 of its offtake partner process
25th January 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Africa-focused lithium exploration and development company Atlantic Lithium has completed Stage 1 of its competitive offtake partnering process to secure funding for a portion of the remaining 50%... 


Neil van Drunen
Australian mining group pushes govt for tax credit as lithium, nickel prices slump
25th January 2024 By: Reuters

An Australian mining association has called for a new production tax credit during meetings with senior ministers called as nickel and lithium miners curtail projects and review new mines in... 


Sayona announces redundancies as it initiates NAL review
Sayona announces redundancies as it initiates NAL review
25th January 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Lithium producer Sayona Mining has announced an operational review of its North American Lithium (NAL) operation in Quebec, Canada, to optimise its cost structure in response to “rapidly changing”... 


Marula CEO Jason Brewer
Marula commissions Rados XRF ore sorter at Blesberg mine
25th January 2024 By: Darren Parker

AQSE-listed mining and development company Marula Mining has completed the commissioning of a Rados SRF100-8 X-ray fluorescence (XRF) ore sorter at its Blesberg lithium and tantalum mine, in the... 


Ken Brinsden believes Corvette deserves more attention at the local level.
Brinsden becomes Patriot CEO, moves to Quebec
25th January 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Hard-rock lithium exploration company Patriot Battery Metals is bolstering its leadership presence in Quebec with a decision to move highly experienced mining executive Ken Brinsden from Australia... 


Pilbara Minerals moves to preserve cash after price slump
Pilbara Minerals moves to preserve cash after price slump
24th January 2024 By: Reuters

Shares of Pilbara Minerals climbed on Wednesday as the Australian lithium miner trimmed its annual capital expenditure forecast given a slump in prices that pulled down its second-quarter revenue... 


Thailand aims for lithium output in two years, boosting EV ambitions
24th January 2024 By: Reuters

Thailand hopes to start producing lithium from a mine in its southwest in about two years, boosting its ambitions to become a regional electric vehicle (EV) production hub, according to government... 


MIIF invests $5m to support Atlantic’s Ewoyaa project
24th January 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Lithium exploration and development company Atlantic Lithium has welcomed Ghana’s sovereign minerals wealth fund the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) onto its shareholder register following... 


VR8 MD and CEO John Ciganek.
Vanadium junior has expansive plans for long-life operation, mulling JSE listing
24th January 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Keep an eye on Vanadium Resources (VR8). It’s a motivated ASX-listed, JSE-mulling junior that is thinking expansively in line with the potentially very long-life mine that it is setting out to... 


Australia lithium miners start cost-cutting drive on price rout
24th January 2024 By: Bloomberg

Australia lithium miners are cutting jobs, trimming exploration budgets and reviewing dividend payments following a slump in prices of the key component in electric-vehicle batteries. Core Lithium... 


Australia's oldest listed investment firm says lithium stocks turning attractive
Australia's oldest listed investment firm says lithium stocks turning attractive
24th January 2024 By: Reuters

Australia's oldest listed investment firm is finding beaten-down lithium shares are starting to look like buys, with the sector's downturn reminiscent of the hasty selling in healthcare stocks... 


Codelco wins shareholder approval to secure first lithium asset
Codelco wins shareholder approval to secure first lithium asset
23rd January 2024 By: Bloomberg

Codelco, the world’s biggest copper producer, won approval to buy Lithium Power International after shareholders of the Australian junior voted in favor of a takeover that diversifies the Chilean... 


Marula approves $6.38m exploration budget for Tanzanian projects
19th January 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

AQSE-listed Marula Mining’s 2024 exploration budgets for the advancement and development of the company’s Kinusi copper mine and the Bagamoyo, Nyorinyori and NyoriGreen graphite projects, all... 


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