- 1. Sandvik presents the world’s first 18-tonne battery loader
- (Product News)
- ... helping mines reach their sustainability targets and reduce ventilation costs. The robust battery pack uses Lithium Iron Phosphate chemistry (LiFePO4) and is purpose-designed for use in underground mining. ...
- Created on 23 December 2020
- 2. The Paradoxical Partnership Between Metals and the Low-Carbon Economy
- (Leading Developments)
- ... a low-carbon economy. With the continuing expansion of new technologies and the birth of Industry 4.0, metals have never been more important. Copper, lithium, tin, silver, gold, nickel and other metals ...
- Created on 23 December 2020
- 3. World Bank Group releases report on minerals for climate action
- (Around the Region)
- A new World Bank Group reports that the production of minerals, such as graphite, lithium and cobalt, could increase by nearly 500 per cent by 2050, to meet the growing demand for clean energy technologies. ...
- Created on 16 September 2020
- 4. Technology to extract lithium from hard rock moves forward
- (Latest)
- Lithium Australia NL has been actively researching lithium extraction from hard-rock sources, expending over $12 million during that period. The research led to the development of the LieNA process. Overview ...
- Created on 22 July 2020
- 5. Hawkstone completes LonePine Gold Project acquisition
- (Leading Developments)
- Hawkstone Mining completed the acquisition of the Lone Pine Gold Project located in Idaho, USA. The acquisition of the project represents a diversification of the company’s assets from a solely lithium ...
- Created on 30 June 2020
- 6. Mines juggle to keep investors
- (Supplier News)
- ... automobile numbers globally, the battery producers now have a foot in the door. This presents opportunities for the minerals sector – in the mining and processing of commodities like lithium, cobalt and ...
- Created on 12 May 2020
- 7. On the move - Q1 2020
- (People)
- ... or Executive Director of various ASX, TSX or AIM listed companies. He recently retired from his position as CEO and Managing Director of Orocobre Limited, a lithium and boron chemicals producer with operations ...
- Created on 12 May 2020
- 8. Miners still need to get smart on China
- (Around the Region)
- ... China Moly (11) and Tianqi Lithium (33). While miners in Australia are some of the best in the world, Mr Arkell believes that they are deficient in what he calls CQ or Chinese Intelligence. “If you ...
- Created on 12 May 2020
- 9. Fortescue’s iron ore mining hub repowered with renewables
- (Leading Developments)
- ... and Alinta’s existing 145MW gas-fired Newman Power Station, which is also home to the 35MW/ 11MWh Newman storage system – Western Australia’s largest lithium-ion battery. ARENA’s funding has been allocated ...
- Created on 21 April 2020
- 10. Hawkstone acquires US gold project
- (Latest)
- ... assets from a solely lithium explorer to include gold. Lone Pine is an advanced gold exploration project that was last mined in 1907 and has not been subjected to modern exploration techniques. It ...
- Created on 28 February 2020
- 11. Gardner Denver’s OneAir delivers efficiency and value for Australia’s miners
- (Product News)
- ... renewable energy and battery technology is fuelling a new wave of mining activity focused on extracting resources such as nickel and lithium. Modern mining processes and advances in technology have ...
- Created on 12 February 2020
- 12. On the move - Q4 2019
- (People)
- ... ithium Australia Mark Strizek Lithium Australia has announced the appointment of Mark Strizek to the position of Manager – Raw Materials. Mr Strizek is a resource industry professional with over 20 ...
- Created on 11 February 2020
- 13. Volatile battery minerals prices driving battery makers to invest in mines
- (Around the Region)
- Following news that China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) has emerged as a major stakeholder in Pilbara Minerals, L.E.K. Consulting released a report analysing the strategies of lithium ...
- Created on 11 February 2020
- 14. Altura ships record concentrate cargo to China
- (Latest)
- Altura Mining is continuing to secure strong sales of lithium concentrate, having recently shipped a record cargo of 24,500 wet metric tonnes (wmt) to long-term offtake partner Ganfeng Lithium. As ...
- Created on 23 January 2020
- 15. Lithium demand shows no signs of slowing
- (Latest)
- Interest in lithium has skyrocketed on the back of huge demand created by the battery industry. While lithium demand shows no signs of slowing down, battery technology is changing at an enormous pace. ...
- Created on 23 January 2020
- 16. On the Move - Q3 2019
- (People)
- ... Brett Lynch Sayona Mining Emerging lithium miner Sayona Mining announced the appointment of highly experienced international company director and chief executive, ...
- Created on 23 January 2020
- 17. Owner of Australia’s largest graphite resource receives funding boost
- (Around the Region)
- ... far away from Final Investment Decision, and we could be producing graphite as early as 2021,” continued Mr Christensen. About 20 per cent of the world’s graphite goes into new energy lithium-ion batteries, ...
- Created on 23 January 2020
- 18. Renewables set to revolutionise Australian resource processing
- (Waste to Energy)
- ... of lithium ion batteries. Tests for the desktop study will be undertaken at Murdoch University’s Extractive Metallurgy Division in Perth, Western Australia, and will include investigating how electrolytic ...
- Created on 23 January 2020
- 19. World Bank launches the Climate-Smart Mining Facility
- (Leading Developments)
- ... low-carbon future will be significantly more mineral intensive than a business as usual scenario. Global demand for ‘strategic minerals’ such as lithium, graphite and nickel will skyrocket by 965 per ...
- Created on 23 January 2020
- 20. Altura ships record lithium concentrate cargo
- (Latest)
- Altura Mining continues to achieve consistent sales of high-quality lithium concentrate, shipping this week a record cargo of approximately 17,500 wet metric tonnes (wmt) of spodumene concentrate to customers ...
- Created on 28 November 2019