Scientists produce high-grade rare earths from coal

Having trouble viewing this email?  View online Lithium & Rare Earth News Digest Wednesday 22 November 2017 Home    Coal    Copper    Iron Ore    Nickel    Rare Earth    Oil Sands    Uranium    Zinc Scientists produce high-grade rare earths from coal University of Kentucky researchers used an environmentally-conscious and cost-effective process. read » Canada's Wealth Minerals, Chinese firm to bid for world's largest lithium miner The two firms are just the latest names in a long list of companies that includes major players such as Rio Tinto, interested in grabbing a stake in Chile's Chemical and Mining Society (SQM). read » Former Xstrata CEO Mick Davis may become Rio Tinto new chairman The mining veteran could face competition from internal candidates, including former head of UK gas company Centrica, Sam Laidlaw, who now sits on Rio's board. read » This Aussie miner is about to break into South Korea lithium sector Pilbara Minerals has announced a potential joint venture with two South Korean companies to develop a lithium processing facility in the Asian country. read » Rio Tinto joins race for stake in Chile's SQM, the world's largest lithium miner Mining giant is eying the 32% interest in SQM that PotashCorp is selling to fulfill China's regulators condition for the approval of the its friendly merger with smaller rival Agrium. read » Canadian junior miners worth jumps for second year in a row Aggregate market cap of the top 100 junior mining companies was up 7% to $12.2 billion, a level not seen since 2010, but the group significantly underperformed the Venture Exchange as a whole. read » Bacanora Minerals secures land access to flagship lithium project in Mexico The de-risking milestone is for the company's Sonora project in Mexico, expected to produce 35,000 tonnes a year of lithium carbonate. read » Rio Tinto throws its weight behind Africa as mining central Africa largest untapped source of growth for industry and would provide huge opportunity, says Rio Tinto's chief executive of energy and minerals. read » BHP to step up copper exploration, expansions to meet electric vehicles sector's rising demand World's biggest miner is getting ready to provide enough copper for the 140 million electric cars forecast by 2035. read » More than 10 firms in the running for Codelco's lithium assets — chairman The state miner is seeking private-sector partners to develop and exploit its vast Maricunga and Pedernales deposits in the north of Chile. read » Bacanora secures environmental permit for Sonora project in Mexico Permit lets Bacanora go-ahead with its 35,000tpa (tons per annum) lithium carbonate operation in Mexico. read » Zonte Metals acquires iron oxide copper gold project According to the company's CEO, exploration is expected to start shortly in the form a ground magnetic survey over portions of the project. read » Electric cars yet to turn cobalt market into gold mine – Nornickel Prices for cobalt metal, used in production of electric vehicle batteries, have tripled to nine-year peaks above $30 a pound from below $10 a pound in late 2015. read » The massive impact of EVs on commodities in one chart What would happen if you flipped a switch, and suddenly every new car that came off assembly lines was electric? read » Argentina wants to overtake Chile in South America lithium race Since President Mauricio took office in December 2015 and opened the country to foreign capital, Argentina has received more investment than any other country in the 'lithium triangle'. read » Battery Metal Series – Part 1 with Mike Beck: A perfect storm in lithium unprecedented demand profile Mike discusses his trip to London where he took in the LME week which is a meeting held by the metals industry. read » MGX Minerals nears completion of first commercial rapid lithium extraction system MGX and its technology partner, PurLucid, made ground-breaking progress in treating complex brines with high magnesium content. read » Read more Lithium & Rare Earth 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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