Minor metals

Green Shift to acquire minority stake in Pampa Litio

Green Shift Commodities (GCOM) has agreed to buy a 25% stake in Pampa Litio, a private hard rock lithium exploration…

Argentinian lithium exports surge 234% in 2022

Argentina’s lithium exports have surged 234% in 2022 when compared with year before reaching a 10-year high. The government announced…

Norway’s Loke Marine Minerals acquires UK Seabed Resources in a move towards green tech

Norway’s Loke Marine Minerals has acquired deep-sea mining company UK Seabed Resources (UKSR), a former subsidiary of US weapons manufacturer…

EU outlines new Critical Raw Minerals Act

The European Commission (EC) has outlined plans for how the EU will compete in the development of new technologies necessary…

Elcora to acquire past-producing Moroccan manganese mine

Elcora Advanced Materials' wholly owned subsidiary Ermazon SARL has signed an option agreement to acquire a manganese mining concession in…

Rock Tech receives partial licence for German lithium converter

Rock Tech Lithium has secured the first partial licence for its lithium hydroxide conversion plant in Guben, Germany. Issued by…

Sayona Mining restarts production at NAL operations in Canada

Sayona Mining has started spodumene concentrate production at its North American Lithium (NAL) operation in Quebec, Canada. The company expects…

Elcora secures licence for manganese production in Morocco

Elcora Advanced Materials has secured a manganese exploitation licence for its 'Atlas Fox Deposit' in Morocco, through its wholly owned…

Iran claims to have discovered 8.5 million-ton lithium deposit

The Iranian government claims it has discovered a massive deposit of lithium, potentially holding 8.5 million tons of the rare…

Andromeda gets PEPR approval for South Australian kaolin project

Andromeda Metals has secured approval for the programme for environment protection and rehabilitation (PEPR) at the Great White Project (GWP)…