Eramet said on Wednesday that high metal prices are likely to continue to drive earnings this year after a surge in the French nickel and manganese miner's core earnings in 2021.
Chinese mining firm Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd will invest $380 million to construct a lithium carbonate plant in Argentina via local subsidiary Liex, the country's Ministry of Production said on Friday.
Miner and trader Glencore said on Wednesday its cobalt output rose 14% in 2021, boosted by the restart of production at the world's largest cobalt mine Mutanda in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Iran is expanding its enrichment of uranium beyond the highly enriched threshold of 20% purity at a Natanz plant where it is already enriching to 60%, but the new activity does not involve keeping the product, the U.N nuclear watchdog said on Monday.