Exploration Site visit: Tonopah primed for mining renaissance as precious metals attract prospectors With over 150,000 metres of drilling completed since June 2020, Tonopah West is billed as North America's most active silver exploration project. Henry Lazenby in Tonopah, Nevada | June 30, 2023 - 4:14 pm
Premier African Minerals wants to resolve lithium supply spat with China’s Canmax The Chinese company said it would terminate the deal after Premier missed a deadline to start delivering spodumene concentrate. Reuters | June 30, 2023 - 10:57 am
Battery Metals EU countries seek to stretch raw material targets, add aluminum The European Commission proposed in March that EU extraction of 16 "strategic raw materials", including lithium and copper. Reuters | June 30, 2023 - 10:14 am
Battery Metals Pentagon ordered to probe undersea mining to counter China Undersea mining is still illegal under international law and environmentalists rail against it for threatening ocean ecosystems with habitat damage, silt and noise. Colin McClelland | June 30, 2023 - 10:11 am
Intelligence Brazil mining regulator squeezed by staffing, budget cuts, labor leader says Resources are stretched so thin at Brazil’s mining regulator that officials have walked off the job. Bloomberg News | June 30, 2023 - 9:53 am
Battery Metals Lithium start-up seeks cash from Berlin to bring project to life Vulcan Energy is seeking support for the €1.5 billion project in the upper Rhine Valley that the firm hopes to bring online in 2025. Bloomberg News | June 30, 2023 - 9:45 am
Markets Copper price rises despite slow recovery in China "There is no end in sight in the near future to the gloomy sentiment surrounding China's economic recovery," Commerzbank said. MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 30, 2023 - 9:39 am
Battery Metals Glencore in talks to back Argentina lithium plant for future supply The commodities giant will sign an offtake agreement in exchange for helping to fund the lithium processing plant that Eramet is building with China’s Tsingshan. Bloomberg News | June 30, 2023 - 9:32 am
Battery Metals Northvolt nears deal with Canada on $5.3 billion battery plant A deal with Northvolt would underscore Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ambitions for Canada to capture a sizable piece of the North American EV supply chain. Bloomberg News | June 30, 2023 - 9:24 am
Energy German coal miners under fire for unfair edge in renewables push Concerns are mounting that lignite miners are exploiting an unfair advantage in the country’s race to go green. Bloomberg News | June 30, 2023 - 9:22 am
Gold juniors trading at ‘80% off’ as mining takeover wave looms, says Michael Gentile October 19, 2026
