IRON ORE AND MANGANESE

US, Canada co-invest in Fortune Minerals, Lomiko projects

Fortune Minerals has secured a $6.3m (£8.59m) grant from the US Department of Defense (DoD) to enhance cobalt production capabilities in North America. The funding, part of the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III programme, is aimed at advancing the...

Rio Tinto to manage Ranger uranium mine clean-up in Australia

Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) has chosen Rio Tinto to carry out Ranger uranium mine rehabilitation in Australia’s Northern Territory after several delays and cost overruns. Rio Tinto holds an 86.3% stake in ERA. ERA ceased mining operations at the Ranger...

Arizona Lithium inks agreement for Big Sandy project

Arizona Lithium announced on Monday that it has entered into a mining services agreement with Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC) for the Big Sandy project, located between Phoenix and Las Vegas. As a wholly owned subsidiary of the Navajo Nation,...

TANAKA Develops First High-Entropy Alloy Powder Comprised Entirely of Precious Metals

TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., a core company of the TANAKA Precious Metals Group, has developed a high-entropy alloy powder composed entirely of precious metals with a fine particle size of 10um or less, high crystallinity and excellent composition uniformity....

Solstice acquires land position in Ontarios Quetico lithium district

Solstice Gold has agreed to acquire a property to explore lithium pegmatite exploration within the Quetico lithium district in the Long Lake area in Ontario. The company entered an option deal with 1544230 Ontario and Gravel Ridge Resources to purchase...

Rio Tinto and First Quantum complete La Granja JV transaction

Rio Tinto and First Quantum Minerals have completed a transaction to form a joint venture (JV) that will work to unlock the development of the La Granja project in Peru, one of the largest undeveloped copper deposits in the...

BHP and Rio Tinto invite collaboration on new tailings technologies

BHP and Rio Tinto are inviting expressions of interest from technology providers, equipment manufacturers, reagent suppliers, startups and research groups across the globe with innovative ideas and technologies to help improve tailings dewatering and management performance. The global miners aim...

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