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TMC plans to apply for a licence to extract deep sea minerals before the end of this year, as nations gather to minimise environmental risks. (Stas Parechyn/Unsplash)
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Canada’s TMC to apply for deep sea mining licence this year, chief exec says

TMC plans to apply for a licence to extract deep sea minerals before the end of this year, as nations gather to minimise...

FILE PHOTO: The logo for Canadian mining company Teck Resources Limited is displayed above their 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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Canada’s Teck Resources beats second-quarter profit estimates

Canadia's Teck Resources beat Q2 profit estimates on Wednesday, helped by higher production of copper at its Quebrada Blanca mine in Chile

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 class action over Bougainville mine damage set for October hearing

The mining group is being sued for environmental and social damage caused by the mine in Papua New Guinea it operated in the...

FILE PHOTO: A small toy figure and mineral imitation are seen in front of the Lynas Rare Earths logo in this illustration taken November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Australia’s Lynas Rare Earths fourth-quarter revenue falls 13.3%

Lynas Rare Earths' Q4 revenue fell 13.3% due to increased Chinese production, impacting prices, with sales at A$136.6 million and lower production of...

FILE PHOTO: Samples of rocks drilled at a cobalt mining site operated by Jervois Global are seen at a facility, west of Salmon, Idaho, U.S. May 16, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
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Western miners push for higher metals prices to ward off Chinese rivals

There are growing calls from some policymakers and miners for a two-tier pricing system with a premium for sustainably produced metals

Deposits near the western city of Loznica could supply enough lithium to make batteries for 1.1 million electric cars per year (AFP)
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EU, Serbia set to ink ‘critical raw materials’ deal

The signing of the deal comes days after Belgrade allowed work to resume at a disputed lithium mining project.

Botanist Florencia Peredo Ovalle works in her greenhouse in Gardnerville, Nevada, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Ovalle, who works for mining company Ioneer, cares for specimens of Tiehm's buckwheat as part of an experiment aimed at helping to keep the extremely rare desert plant from going extinct while still allowing the company to dig for lithium on land where it grows. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)
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Green agendas clash in Nevada as company grows rare plant to help it survive effects of a mine

Ioneer says the mine it wants to dig in Nevada would more than quadruple U.S. production of lithium needed to speed production of...

FILE PHOTO: A man works on nickel laterite ore at Ganyu port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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Nornickel in talks to build China nickel plant for battery sector

CNGR Advanced Material and Brunp Recycling, a subsidiary of Chinese battery giant CATL, are among the firms approached by Nornickel.

FILE PHOTO: A view of the MP Materials rare earth open-pit mine in Mountain Pass, California, U.S. January 30, 2020. Picture taken January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo
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US mine development timeline second-longest in world: S&P Global

A report has found it takes an average of nearly 29 years to build a new mine in the U.S., the second-longest in...

FILE PHOTO: The company logo of Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd, China's biggest listed gold producer, is displayed at a news conference following its annual results in Hong Kong, China March 29, 2016.      REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo
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China’s Zijin Mining to take 9.9% stake in Canada’s Montage Gold

The Chinese mining firm scrapped plans earlier this year to acquire a stake in Solaris Resources.

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