Mining

The Government of Canada has approved the James Bay Lithium project located in Quebec.

Tertiary Minerals has secured environmental approval for its Mushima North Copper project in Zambia.

Macmahon has finalised a US$1.1 billion load and haul services contract for the Greenbushes lithium project.

The US Department of Energy has offered Ioneer a loan of up to US$700 million to fund the Rhyolite Ridge project.

HARD-LINE, Murray Engineering and Beltor Engineering have collaborated for enhanced machine retrieval safety in underground mines.

Fortescue has welcomed WAE’s delivery of Australia’s first prototype battery system designed for a zero-emission battery electric mining haul truck that it is developing with Liebherr.

Orosur Mining have released an update at its Anzá project in Colombia.

Cobra has announced drilling results at its Wudinna project, with expanding gold and rare earth occurrence reported at the Clarke prospect.

Anglo American have appointed Alison Atkinson as its new Group Director – Projects and Development.

Empire Metals has released an update at the Pitfield and Eclipse-Gindalbie projects, located in western Australia.

Rock Tech has received early start permission for the first lithium convertor in Germany with work expected to start in the coming weeks.

LKAB has identified the largest known deposit of rare earth elements in Europe, exceeding 1 million t of rare earth oxides, in the Kiruna area of Sweden.

Tearlach has acquired flagship Quebec lithium properties adjacent to Patriot Battery Metals Corvette Deposit and Winsome Resources.

Anglesey Mining has acquired a further 29.8% of Grängesberg Iron AB taking its total stake to 49.75%.

Edison Lithium has provided an update on its Salar projects in Argentina.