Environment & sustainability

Lithium processing company Green Lithium has agreed terms with Trafigura that will support the development of one of the first centralised commercial lithium refineries in Europe.

Vale has signed a long-term contract with Tesla Inc. to supply Class 1 nickel to the US from its operations in Canada.

Anglo American has unveiled a prototype of the world’s largest hydrogen-powered mine haul truck, designed to operate at its Mogalakwena PGMs mine in South Africa.

CleanTech Lithium, an exploration and development company advancing the next generation of sustainable lithium projects in Chile, has announced an operations and corporate update.

Anglo American has released an update on Los Bronces Integrated Project permitting process.

RMI and the Copper Mark have launched a public consultation on the revised criteria for responsible minerals and metals.

Teague Egan outlines how EnergyX’s new LiTAS plants are ready to disrupt the lithium extraction status quo.

CleanTech Lithium has signed an MOU with KMX Technologies to optimise the sustainability of its lithium processing projects in Chile.

Atalaya Mining Plc has announced the publication of its inaugural Sustainability Report for the year ended 31 December 2021.

Anglo American plc has released a statement commenting on the latest developments in the environmental assessment process for its Los Bronces Integrated Project.

The Government of Canada has announced Budget 2022, ‘A Plan to Grow Our Economy and Make Life More Affordable’, that includes its first critical minerals strategy.

Together with the Inter-American Development Bank, the Alta Ley Corporation and the Association of Industrial Mining Suppliers, Codelco is developing a free-to-use platform for supplier companies to calculate their greenhouse gas emissions greenhouse.

The largest electric fleet in the Chilean mining industry has been unveiled by SQM, in partnership with leading transport companies Viggo GrandLeasing, Transportes CVU and Andes Motor.

Cornish Lithium has announced that GeoCubed has successfully commissioned and delivered the DLE pilot plant for its geothermal waters test facility at United Downs.

Boliden’s ongoing geotechnical investigations in Aitik show the need to eventually change to a new dam construction method to ensure long-term disposal of tailings.