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Lithium feeling pandemic pinch
By: Theresa Bhowan 3rd July 2020 The lithium market is declining as a direct result of electric vehicle (EV) plans being pushed back and EV production plummeting, says international commodities consultancy Core Consultants. →
Covid kills 13 mineworkers, no foreigners back at work 
By: Martin Creamer 2nd July 2020 Thirteen mineworkers have now succumbed to the coronavirus, Minerals Council South Africa public affairs and transformation senior executive Tebello Chabana said on Thursday. Of the 13 who have died, seven were employed in platinum mining in North West province, which has the most cases at 1 413... →
Platinum group metals in pole position to benefit from global decarbonisation thrust
By: Martin Creamer 1st July 2020 Platinum group metals are in pole position to benefit from the fast-growing global decarbonisation momentum, Mining Weekly can today report. A multiplicity of global announcements are emerging daily that inextricably link platinum-catalysed hydrogen fuel cells as well as platinum-catalysed... →
IronRidge granted exploration licence for Mankessim South project
By: Donna Slater 30th June 2020 Aim-listed minerals exploration company IronRidge Resources’ wholly-owned Ghana entity Green Metals Resources, has been granted an exploration for its Mankessim South project, in Ghana. The licence provides IronRidge full ownership of a contiguous prospective lithium exploration license adjacent... →
Sigma announces term sheet for $45m project facility
By: Creamer Media Reporter 30th June 2020 TSX-V-listed Sigma Lithium has signed a term sheet for a $45-million senior secured project finance facility to be led by Societe Generale. The bank project finance facility will be used for the construction and development of the company’s Grota do Cirilo lithium project in Minas Gerais,... →
Nemaska bidding deadline extended
By: Mariaan Webb 30th June 2020 The deadline for the eight qualified bidders participating in the sale or investor solicitation process (SISP) for lithium project developer Nemaska Lithium has been extended from June 30 to July 10. The Covid-19 crisis had an impact on the ability of certain qualified bidders to conduct their... →
House Democrats will call for 100% clean cars by 2035
By: Bloomberg 29th June 2020 House Democrats on Tuesday will issue an ambitious plan to combat climate change, a move intended to reassure their base of supporters but that’s sure to inflame opponents on the right. The proposal will be released at an event at the US Capitol with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and several other... →
Altura's sales hit highs in June quarter
By: Esmarie Iannucci 29th June 2020 ASX-listed Altura Mining has reported record lithium sales in the June quarter from its project in the Pilbara. A record 60 950 t of lithium was shipped during the quarter, with 16 000 t recently loaded at Port Hedland, bound for China, marking the fourth shipment in the June quarter. →
SA Inc must act now to take ownership of battery metals value chain – Bushveld
By: Martin Creamer 26th June 2020 Bold action is needed by South Africa Inc to take ownership of the significant potential share of the global battery metals market open to it, says Bushveld Minerals CEO Fortune Mojapelo. Speaking to Mining Weekly following this week’s presentation by the company of solid 2019 financial results... →
Orocobre expects declining sales in June quarter
By: Esmarie Iannucci 25th June 2020 Lithium miner Orocobre is expecting sales volumes on the June quarter to reach some 1 600 t of lithium carbonate, with product pricing expected to be around $4 015/t free on board. The sales volumes for the June quarter compared with the 2 513 t sold in the March quarter, which was down from... →
Demand for EV battery raw materials set to increase − Unctad
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 24th June 2020 The demand for raw materials used to manufacture rechargeable batteries will grow rapidly as the importance of oil as a source of energy recedes, as highlighted recently by the collapse of prices owing to oversupply and weak demand resulting from Covid-19, a new report published by the United... →
Deep sea mining could destroy undiscovered species, says Ocean Panel
By: Reuters 24th June 2020 Mining on the sea floor should not begin before a full assessment of likely environmental impacts can be made, a report commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel) said on Wednesday. Environmentalists including Britain's David Attenborough have called for a... →
Millennial's Argentina project receives enviro permit
By: Mariaan Webb 24th June 2020 TSX-V-listed developer Millennial Lithium has received an environmental permit for its flagship lithium brine project, Pastos Grandes, in Salta, Argentina, lifting its share price by nearly 10% on Tuesday. The declaracion de impacto ambiental (DIA) that the project received represents the... →
Funding talks still ongoing - ioneer
By: Esmarie Iannucci 23rd June 2020 ASX-listed ioneer on Tuesday said that it was in discussions with a ‘range of strategic players’ to fund the development of its Rhyolite Ridge lithium/boron project, in Nevada. Responding to a report in Tuesday’s Financial Review, which said that the company had started a formal strategic... →
Piedmont taps Primero for concentrator
By: Esmarie Iannucci 23rd June 2020 ithium developer Piedmont Lithium has tapped Primero Group as the preferred engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) as well as operations contractor for its planned spodumene concentrator in North Carolina. The two companies have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work... →
Covid-19 is an important catalyst for hydrogen economy’s take-off – AP Ventures
By: Martin Creamer 22nd June 2020 Despite being a global pandemic with hugely negative health consequences, Covid-19 is an important catalyst for the take-off of the hydrogen economy, in which platinum plays a fundamental role. “There’s an opportunity now to capitalise on a new wave on interest in hydrogen,” says AP Ventures LLP... →
Covid-19 to contribute to lower lithium prices, but higher cobalt prices
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 19th June 2020 The lithium market is expected to experience a lower price environment, while cobalt prices are expected to be supported by sustained market deficits, research from financial information and analytics provider S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Commodity Briefing Service (CBS) series shows. The... →
Electric vehicle rally to maintain demand for battery metals despite Covid-19
By: Donna Slater 19th June 2020 Although subdued as a result of Covid-19, demand for battery metals, including cobalt, lithium and copper, will remain strong as a result of growth in the global electric vehicles (EV) market, business intelligence company CRU UK cobalt, lithium and battery markets senior analyst George Heppel... →
Altura shareholder becomes offtake partner
By: Esmarie Iannucci 19th June 2020 ASX-listed Altura Mining has inked a multi-year lithium offtake agreement with Hunan Yongshan Lithium Company, a subsidiary of shareholder Ningbo Shanshan. The five-year binding offtake agreement will start in January next year, with a minimum of 60 000 t/y from January 2022. The binding... →
Canada reaffirms commitment to US critical minerals supply chain
By: Mariaan Webb 18th June 2020 Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to develop an integrated North American supply chain for critical minerals. A year ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Donald Trump committed to such a supply chain and in January, the two... →
Talga’s Sweden graphite project gets ‘national interest’ demarcation
By: Simone Liedtke 18th June 2020 A recent decision by the Swedish Geological Survey (SGU) has completed the demarcation of battery anode and graphene additives company Talga Resources’ Vittangi graphite project, in northern Sweden, as a mineral deposit of national interest. This designation adds support to consider the... →
Infinity Lithium stock surges on EU funding deal
By: Simone Liedtke 18th June 2020 Australia-listed minerals company Infinity Lithium has executed binding agreements for a multi-staged funding and added services assistance package with the European Union-based innovation initiative EIT InnoEnergy. The package was achieved through a recently launched platform that was created by... →
Latin Resources joins forces with Integra on Catamarca lithium projects
By: Marleny Arnoldi 17th June 2020 ASX-listed Latin Resources has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement on the company’s Catamarca lithium pegmatite projects with Argentinian investment group Integra Capital. The signing of the binding JV agreement comes after an extensive negotiation process on Latin’s concessions, which... →
Ethiopia looking to bolster investment in resources, mining
By: Simone Liedtke 17th June 2020 With an abundance of natural resources that have not been significantly exploited, Ethiopia has “enormous potential” for the export of these resources and at a relatively low production cost, Ethiopia Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Natural Gas planning, monitoring and evaluation director... →
Potential lithium extraction – AfriTin
By: Martin Creamer 16th June 2020 An internal review has shown the potential extraction of lithium as an additional revenue stream along with tantalum, London Aim-listed tin mining company AfriTin announced on Tuesday. The London Aim-listed company's fourth shipment of tin concentrate was dispatched this month. →
Core increases Finniss resource
By: Esmarie Iannucci 15th June 2020 ASX-listed Core Lithium has reported a 52% increase in the mineral resource estimate for its Finniss lithium project, in the Northern Territory. The project is now estimated to host 15-million tonnes of resource, grading at 1.3% lithium oxide. →
Piedmont completes first part of capital raise
By: Esmarie Iannucci 12th June 2020 Lithium developer Piedmont has completed its US public offering of more than two-million American Depository Shares (ADS), raising $13-million. The ASX-listed company earlier this week flagged a A$29-million capital raise to continue the development of its namesake lithium project, in North... →
240 000 miners back at work – Minerals Council South Africa
By: Martin Creamer 11th June 2020 An estimated 240 000 miners are back at work on 385 large and small mines across South Africa, Minerals Council South Africa public affairs and transformation senior executive Tebello Chabana said on Thursday. Each and every one of these miners was screened on their return to work after lockdown... →
ICMM members record 287 fatalities in 2019
By: Martin Creamer 11th June 2020 The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) on Thursday released the 2019 safety data of its company members, who reported 287 occupational fatalities, a marked increase from the 50 fatalities recorded in 2018 and 51 fatalities recorded in 2017. ICMM said in a media release to Mining... →
Piedmont to raise A$29m for US lithium project
By: Esmarie Iannucci 11th June 2020 Lithium developer Piedmont Lithium will raise A$29-million to continue the development of its namesake lithium project, in North Carolina. The company on Thursday said that it had received commitments for a US public offering of 1.8-million of its American Depositary Shares (ADS), each... →
Global mining forum IGF puts forward sweeping employment reforms
By: Martin Creamer 10th June 2020 The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining Minerals Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) on Wednesday put forward sweeping mining employment reforms in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has, it states, exposed weak points in the global labour market. IGF emerged from the 2002 World Summit... →
Sweeping mining reforms advocated in response to Covid-19.
Weekly Coal Index heralds vital new era of African pricing transparency
By: Martin Creamer 10th June 2020 Coal remains the dominant primary energy source for the production of electricity in South Africa. Even with high allocations for renewable energy in the latest Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2019, as well as the prospect of coal-plant decommissioning over the coming ten years, coal is still... →
Covid, diesel, substitution nudging platinum into sweeter spot
By: Martin Creamer 4th June 2020 Depressed platinum is being nudged into a sweeter spot by a combination of the Covid-19 pandemic, new focus on diesel vehicles, trickling substitution of platinum for palladium and worsening supply constraints, Mining Weekly can report. Covid-19 funding demands are delaying the planned rollout of... →
Sayona and Altura refocus on Pilbara earn-in
By: Esmarie Iannucci 4th June 2020 Lithium developer Sayona Mining has affirmed its focus on its Western Australian exploration tenements, particularly those falling within an earn-in agreement with fellow-listed Altura Mining, following a strategic review. Sayona said on Thursday that following a review of its Western... →
Responsible sourcing of critical minerals in focus as energy transition drives up demand
By: Terence Creamer 3rd June 2020 The accelerating pace and scale of the global clean-energy transition is poised to dramatically increase demand for critical energy minerals and metals, from aluminium to zirconium, with implications not only for the resources sector, but for geopolitics. The future energy system will be far more... →
Battery metals traceability project launched to enhance sustainability of industry
By: Donna Slater 2nd June 2020 Finland-based research, development and innovation organisation VTT says the success of electric vehicles (EVs) may be determined by production methods and information on the origins of battery materials in the future. VTT and the Geological Survey of Finland GTK, there, have launched a battery... →
Albemarle seeks full control of Australia's Greenbushes lithium mine
By: Esmarie Iannucci 29th May 2020 Albemarle says it wants to take control of Australia's Greenbushes, the world's largest lithium mine, signaling it intends to block any rival from buying Tianqi Lithium Corp's controlling stake. Tianqi, which owns 51% of Greenbushes to Albemarle's 49%, is selling some of its prized assets,... →
Kodal marks progress on projects
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 28th May 2020 Mineral exploration and development company Kodal Minerals says the Malian Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has accepted a feasibility study over the Bougouni lithium project, for which a mining licence application has been submitted. The Ministry confirmed that no further technical and financial... →
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