Sigma Lithium has received payment on its first shipment of green tailings under a three-year environmental offtake agreement with Chinese firm Yahua, one of the largest lithium chemical refiners for electric vehicles in the world. Full story.
Read MoreSwedish state-owned miner LKAB has identified more than 1 million tonnes of rare earth oxides in the Kiruna area in the northern part of the country – the largest known such deposit in Europe, reported Reuters. “This is good news, not only for LKAB, the region and the Swedish people, but also for Europe and the climate,” LKAB CEO Jan…
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After an 18 month construction and commissioning period, UK-based Brazilian Nickel has begun continuous nickel production from its Piauí Nickel Project in northeast Brazil. The junior miner said the first nickel hydroxide product was produced at the project’s PNP1000 – the world’s first stand-alone nickel laterite heap leaching operation. Annual production for this year is anticipated to be 300 tonnes…
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