A highly trained shooter was ordered to neutralise demonstrators who stepped out of line at a foreign-owned mine site. Authorities recently organised a helicopter and sniper to take down protestors...
Tag - lithium
An environmentally friendly resources company will postpone production for the unforeseeable future. Core Lithium recently suspended its Finniss mine after the value of lithium ore plunged 80 per...
Rio Tinto’s decision to invest $2.4 billion in developing the Jadar lithium mine in Serbia is big news. BY ANDY HOME For the company with its heavy exposure to the iron ore sector, it’s a major...
Huge volumes of rock that would normally end up in landfill could be processed into a valuable exotic metal, researchers at a multinational mining giant have said. A research team at Rio Tinto is...
An engineering consultancy has won one of the first tenders for a US$297 million (A$429.7 million) exotic metal project in North Queensland. A subsidiary of Lycopodium Limited recently secured the...
Electrifying growth in lithium-ion sales is expected to lift demand for raw minerals used to make batteries, according to a mining and chemical consultancy. Roskill Information Services predicts...
Australia is pivoting its economy away from resources like coal and iron ore, but are there other commodities we can bank on to take up some of the slack? In this “future commodities” series The...
The Northern Territory is hoping to tap into the growing lithium market, with a record number of mining companies exploring in the state. Ian Scrimgeour from the NT Department of Mines and Energy...
