China refutes reports accusing it of curbing rare earths output

Having trouble viewing this email?  View online Battery Metals News Digest Wednesday 21 November 2018 Home    Coal    Copper    Iron Ore    Nickel    Rare Earth    Oil Sands    Uranium    Zinc China refutes reports accusing it of curbing rare earths output Beijing claims rare earth output quotas for the second half of 2018 only appear lower because the limit for the first six months of the year was for a larger portion of the total annual quota. read » Volkswagen to spend $50 billion on electric car 'offensive' German automaker is also considering involvement in battery production. read » Caterpillar steps up game to keep leadership in North America In the past two years, Cat has been working on growing its offering, particularly in the underground segment, as well as filling up some gaps in terms of trucks sizes. read » Glencore's radioactive news may help give cobalt its buzz back Glencore Plc's sudden discovery that some of its cobalt is radioactive couldn't have come at a better time. read » Australian Mines shares soar after partnering with Indian firm to produce key battery metal Second major R&D collaboration this year to examine the use of scandium in next-generation battery storage technology. read » Mining veteran wants to build a $1B battery metals giant TechMet Ltd., which controls just a handful of assets from Canada to Rwanda wants to help challenge China's domination of the nascent industry. read » Lynas gets temporary extension for Malaysia rare earth plant The Australian rare earths miner has been granted an extension to a temporary permit to store residue at its Malaysian site. read » Chile's court rejects lawsuit to block Nutrien's sale of stake in SQM to Tianqi While the decision is final and not subject to appeal, one legal hurdle remains — Pampa Group, which controls SQM, earlier this month filed an additional appeal with Chile's TDLC antitrust court. read » Nutrien says SQM top shareholder seeking to block Tianqi deal for 'personal benefit' Nutrien's executive vice-president Michael Webb, described Julio Ponce, the Chilean miner's top shareholder and former chairman, as a "hypocrite" and urged him to "look beyond himself." read » Canada invests $12m to extract magnesium from asbestos tailings The government has introduced new regulations to ban asbestos and products containing asbestos, but they don't apply to residues left from mining the carcinogenic material. read » First Vanadium moves Carlin toward updated resource In the last year, vanadium has out-performed all other metals, it's just kind of the right time and right place for the right project. read » Mali to produce lithium by 2020 with 694,000 tonnes discovered Mali joins lithium fray read » China plumbs ocean depths to extend its cobalt lead China, the leading holder of international deep sea exploration licences, increases its lead in the race for alternative sources of battery minerals by taking samples from cobalt-bearing mountains deep in the Pacific. read » Global cobalt glut won't be stemmed by Glencore Congo output stoppage Disruptions to cobalt supplies in the DRC are not expected to eradicate a glut of the material used to make batteries for electric vehicles, thwarting hopes that prices can be boosted from their lowest since March last year. read » Congo opposition reneging on unity boosts Kabila protege Kabila's anointed successor in power would raise the risk of instability in a key supplier of the metals used in electric vehicles and mobile phones. read » Waymo said to launch first driverless car service in December Pricing may become more nuanced as Waymo collects more data from the commercial program, once it figures out how to charge for in-ride entertainment and advertising, analysts expect base fares to drop. read » Australia lithium miner Altura says it has signed offtake deal with China's Ganfeng The deal will see Altura supply Ganfeng with 8,000 tonnes of 6-percent spodumene concentrate this year and a minimum of 70,000 tonnes per year from 2019 to 2021. read » Read more Battery Metals news on MINING.com » Home    Coal    Copper    Iron Ore    Nickel    Rare Earth    Oil Sands    Uranium    Zinc About Us   |  Privacy Policy  |  Unsubscribe   |  Contact Us   |  Advertise This email was sent to you by InfoMine Inc. 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