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Rare earth: plans approved for Yangibana plant in Hastings
Hastings Technology Metals has received environmental approval from the Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment (DAWE) for a hydrometallurgical plant in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. The Onslow rare earth plant will be constructed in the Ashburton...
Copper and nickel: Sibanye-Stillwater in talks to buy two Brazilian mines
South Africa's Sibanye-Stillwater is in talks to buy two Brazilian nickel and copper mines, as miners around the world seek to secure supplies of the metals used in batteries for electric cars, which are crucial to the transition to a green economy. The precious...
Magnesium: EU in talks with China to avert catastrophic crisis
European leaders, concerned about the effect a global magnesium shortage will have on the European Union’s industrial recovery from the pandemic, have opened talks with China, which supplies the bloc with about 95% of the silver-white metal used to make...
Copper: Zijin opens Serbia’s largest mine
Zijin Mining, China’s largest gold miner and one of the country’s leading copper producers, has started operations at its Cukaru Peki copper and gold mine in Serbia. The resource, part of the Timok project, is expected to make the Balkan country the second...