Mining

EV Metals Group (EVM) has announced it will buy the assets of Johnson Matthey’s battery materials business for £50 million.

Develop has started underground work at Bellevue Gold’s Bellevue Mine in Western Australia.

Metso Outotec and Malvern Panalytical have signed a collaboration agreement to provide sensor-based bulk ore sorting solutions for the mining industry.

Ragusa Minerals Ltd has entered into a tenement farm-in agreement with May Drilling for the exclusive right to earn an initial 90% interest in five tenements.

Develop has completed its acquisition of the Woodlawn zinc-copper mine in New South Wales by purchasing all the shares in Heron Resources.

Bannerman Energy Ltd has agreed to acquire a 41.8% shareholding in critical minerals exploration and development business, Namibia Critical Metals Inc.

Akobo Minerals AB has reported its 1Q22 results, which include several highlights in a positive start to the year.

OZ Minerals has agree a new strategic relationship with Havilah Resources in the prospective Curnamona Province in South Australia, including the option to acquire the Kalkaroo project.

Rio Tinto has agreed to amend a previously agreed funding plan with Turquoise Hill Resources while its proposal to acquire all outstanding shares is evaluated.

Trilogy Metals Inc. has provided an update on the Ambler Access Project – the proposed 211-mile industrial-use-only road from the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects to the Dalton highway.

CAVU Mining has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Star copper gold porphyry project in British Columbia from Prosper Gold.

Pilbara Minerals and Calix have been awarded a grant under the Australian Government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative for a lithium salts production project.

Vale has announced that it has strengthened its low-carbon advantage with independent third-party limited assurance of additional nickel products.

Anglo American plc has announced the value of rough diamond sales for De Beers’ fourth sales cycle of 2022, amounting to US$604 million.

East Star Resources has announced a farm-in to the Talairyk Ionic Adsorption Clay heavy rare earth element project, located in the Kostanay region of Kazakhstan.