Rio Tinto starts producing lithium in California from old mining waste.
Rio Tinto begins producing lithium in California from old mining waste. The Rio Tinto Group is starting a pilot production of lithium in California, searching old mining debris rather than exploring new locations as the battery revolution in electric cars drives demand for the material. The reprocessing of garbage dumps from a 90-year-old mining site in the [...]
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Mine strike in Peru, the world's second largest copper and zinc producer
Mine strike in Peru, the world's second largest copper and zinc producer, Peru's National Federation of Mining Workers, is calling for an indefinite strike to protest against the government's planned labor reform, which started slowly on Tuesday. The National Society of Mining, Petroleum, and Energy (SNMPE) called the operation a failure and said that the mines [...]
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