Africa moves a step closer to continent’s first cobalt refinery
Africa could have its first cobalt sulphate refinery by the end of 2025, one of the few outside of China capable of making the product that’s a key component of lithium-ion batteries.
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Zimbabwe orders lithium miners to submit refinery plans by March 2024
Mining News Pro - Zimbabwe has given lithium miners up to March 2024 to submit plans for the local production of battery-grade lithium in a bid to benefit from growing demand for the clean energy mineral, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Thursday.
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Rio Tinto, Sumitomo to make low-carbon alumina at Queensland refinery
Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto said on Wednesday it would build a hydrogen plant in Gladstone, Queensland along with Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation, as the miner seeks to minimize carbon emissions at its Yarwun alumina refinery.
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Rio Tinto, Sumitomo to make low-carbon alumina at Queensland refinery
Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto said on Wednesday it would build a hydrogen plant in Gladstone, Queensland along with Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation, as the miner seeks to minimize carbon emissions at its Yarwun alumina refinery.
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Sibanye begins construction of lithium hydroxide refinery in Finland
Mining News Pro - The miner approved a $616.2m investment for the Keliber lithium project, which includes the Kokkola lithium hydroxide refinery.
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Fortune Minerals extends purchase option on Alberta refinery site for NICO project
Mining News Pro - Fortune Minerals has further extended its purchase option on the JFSL Field Services ULC brownfield site in Lamont County, Alberta, where it plans to build a hydrometallurgical refinery for the company’s vertically integrated NICO critical minerals project.
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Electra Battery’s nickel refinery plans starting to take shape
Mining News Pro - Canadian firm Electra Battery Materials has announced the highlights of a scoping study for an integrated nickel refinery, as part of its vision of creating an electric vehicle (EV) battery materials park in Ontario.
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Pensana starts building UK’s first rare earths refinery
Mining News Pro - Rare earths junior Pensana has broken ground at its Saltend rare earth processing hub in northern England, set to be the country’s first major facility of its kind in more than a decade.
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MKS PAMP first precious metals refinery to set SBTi-approved carbon emissions reduction targets
Mining News Pro - MKS PAMP, provider of financial and physical trading services and precious metals refinery, announced Wednesday that it is the first precious metals company in the world to have SBTi approved carbon emissions reduction targets, committing to a 1.5°C emissions reduction in line with the Paris Agreement.
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Rock Tech, Bilfinger to build Europe’s first lithium refinery
Mining News Pro - Canada’s Rock Tech Lithium and Germany’s Bilfinger SE will work together on building Europe’s first lithium converter and refinery in a push to meet the region’s increasing demand for electric vehicles (EVs).
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Fortune Minerals plans Alberta cobalt refinery
Mining News Pro - Fortune Minerals intends to buy a defunct steel processing plant in Alberta and turn it into a cobalt refinery.
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Auxico plans to build $116 million rare earth refinery in Colombia
Mining News Pro - Auxico Resources Canada is making plans to build a 10,000-sq.-metre rare earth refinery in the free trade zone in the city of Santa Marta, Colombia. With a throughput of 36,000 tonnes per year, the estimated cost of the plant will be $116.2 million.
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Covalent Lithium gets the go-ahead for Kwinana refinery
Mining News Pro - Covalent Lithium has signed a lease with the Western Australian Government for a new Kwinana lithium refinery, south of Perth.
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New hydrogen plant for Rio Tinto’s Yarwun alumina refinery
Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto and Sumitomo Corporation are joining forces to explore the construction of a hydrogen pilot plant at Rio Tinto’s Yarwun alumina refinery in Gladstone.
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First Cobalt secures $45m for refinery construction
Mining News Pro - Battery materials company First Cobalt has secured a $45-million debt and brokered equity financing package for the construction of its refinery in Ontario, it announced on Monday.
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IGO sees lithium progress at Kwinana refinery
Mining News Pro - IGO has helped to produce the first lithium hydroxide chemical product from the Kwinana Lithium Hydroxide Refinery, as part of its joint venture (Lithium JV) with Tianqi Lithium Corporation.
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Sibanye advances battery metals strategy with acquisition of French nickel refinery
Mining News Pro - Precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater has taken the next step in expanding its footprint in the battery metals sector by entering into an exclusive put option agreement with French mining group Eramet to acquire the Sandouville nickel hydrometallurgical processing facility, in France, for €65-million.
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A nickel refinery tops US battery metals wish list
Mining News Pro - The United States government should invest in nickel refining capacity in coordination with its allies, according to the Biden Administration’s 100-day review of critical supply chains.
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Pilbara Minerals plots development of Pilgangoora lithium refinery
Mining News Pro - Pilbara Minerals plans to form a joint venture with tech company Calix to examine the development of a midstream lithium chemicals refinery at the Pilgangoora lithium-tantalum operation in Western Australia.
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Tanzania gold refinery starts producing in drive to boost gold revenues
Mining News Pro - A new gold refinery set to be the biggest in Tanzania has begun production in a step towards the government's aim of processing more of the precious metal domestically.
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Avalon, Fort William First Nation to jointly develop lithium refinery in Ontario
Mining News Pro - Avalon Advanced Materials (TSX: AVL) and the Fort William First Nation entered into a letter of intent to collaborate on the development of a lithium battery materials refinery located on industrial lands owned by the FWFN in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
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South African-developed fuel cell passing tests at Implats refinery
Mining News Pro - A South African-developed stationary hydrogen fuel cell is doing well as it is put through a testing phase at the Impala Platinum (Implats) refinery, group executive: refining and marketing Sifiso Sibiya has revealed.
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First Cobalt gets C$10m government boost to refinery
Mining News Pro - First Cobalt has secured C$10 million ($7.8m) in government funding that will allow it to accelerate the development of its cobalt refinery in Ontario, 600 kilometers from the US border.
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First Cobalt secures C$10m public funding for refinery
Mining News Pro - First Cobalt Corp. announced Wednesday that it has secured C$10 million in government loans and grants, allowing the company to accelerate the startup and expansion of its cobalt refinery in Ontario.
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Rio Tinto invests $51m in Canadian alumina refinery
Mining News Pro - The world’s second-largest miner, Rio Tinto, is investing $51 million in upgrading facilities at its Vaudreuil alumina refinery in Québec, Canada.
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