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Moving toward circularity: The future of battery minerals

A report from RMI explores how advancements in battery technology and recycling could lead to net-zero mineral demand by 2050.

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Navigating India’s clean energy transition: The role of critical minerals

India's clean energy depends on securing critical minerals like lithium, reducing import reliance through domestic production, recycling, and strategic policies.

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Standard Lithium names David Park as CEO

Park, in a prior role, has served as the president at a unit of Koch Industries, Standard Lithium's biggest shareholder.

Cummins logo is seen displayed in this illustration taken April 10, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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Cummins raises full-year outlook as demand picks up steam

Truck maker Cummins' Q2 beats estimates after power systems find using in mining industry and work continues on low-emission technologies.

FILE PHOTO: A tonne of nickel powder made by BHP Group sits in a warehouse at its Nickel West division, south of Perth, Australia August 2, 2019. REUTERS/Melanie Burton/File Photo
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Western Australian job losses dent nation’s green ambitions

Australia's mining industry lays off 2% of the workforce in July alone, leaving in doubt projects that would feed the energy transition.

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the brine pools of Albemarle Chile lithium plant placed on the Atacama salt flat, Chile, May 4, 2023. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo
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Tumbling lithium prices push Albemarle to fresh round of cost cuts

Albemarle, the world's top lithium producer, plans cost cuts amid tumbling lithium prices and a Q2 loss, citing weak EV demand.

FILE - , ore pile is the first to be mined at the Energy Fuels Inc. uranium Pinyon Plain Mine Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, near Tusayan, Ariz. Navajo President Buu Nygren vowed to carry out a plan to enact roadblocks to prevent the transportation of uranium ore through the reservation while the tribe develops regulations to cover what are the first major shipments of uranium through its land in years. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
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Navajo Nation plans to stop uranium transportation through its land

The Navajo Nation plans to enforce its uranium transport ban by blocking trucks, challenging legal exemptions for state and federal highways on the...

FILE PHOTO: The Rio Tinto logo is displayed above the global mining group's booth at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Rio Tinto open to big copper buys but cautious of overheated market

Rio Tinto's half-year earnings remained flat at $5.8B due to weak iron prices, while shipments stayed stable amid China's property crisis.

FILE PHOTO: Rio Tinto logo is seen displayed in this illustration taken April 10, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Rio Tinto iced out by investor advocate ACCR over climate stance

Corporate responsibility group pulls support amid fears of Rio Tinto "greenwashing" after miner appealed government's enivronmental reforms.

FILE PHOTO: A small toy figure and mineral imitation are seen in front of the BHP logo in this illustration taken November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
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BHP and Lundin Mining boost copper access, to buy Filo for $3.25 billion

BHP Group and Lundin Mining will jointly acquire Filo Corp for C$4.5 billion to advance the Filo del Sol and Josemaria projects, forming...

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