The updated preliminary economic assessment, released in September 2024, has proposed the production of 191 t/y of dysprosium and terbium over the 22-year life-of-mine. 

A preliminary economic assessment has outlined a high-grade combined openpit and underground mine. 

Reward Minerals has secured the Beyondie potash plant for A$2.13-million. 

Atlantic Lithium has completed an institutional placement to raise A$10-million at A$0.23 a share. The funds will contribute to the funding of the Ewoyaa project to a final investment decision. 

Emmerson has reached an impasse in the environmental- and social-impact assessment approval process. 

Montage Gold has announced a financing package totalling $825-million to fund project construction. 

Nuton, a copper technology venture of Rio Tinto, has pumped $35-million into project owner, McEwen Copper.  

The first commercial shipments of graphite concentrate to Germany and the US have been completed. 

North American Lithium is approaching steady-state operations. 

Orion Minerals has appointed Nick Fouche as project director to oversee the completion of a feasibility study for the project. 

Environmental and Indigenous groups filed a lawsuit on October 31 challenging the US Interior Department's approval of the project. 

The US Department of Energy has finalised a loan for Lithium Americas to build the Thacker Pass mine. 

Gold Fields is now the sole owner of the project. 

Orion Minerals’ feasibility study is on track for external review in mid-November. 

Rio Tinto continues to believe that the Jadar project has the potential to be a world-class lithium-borates asset. 

The demonstration plant is now in the commissioning phase. 

The project is on track to restart production in December. 

West Red Lake has announced it will increase the size of its previously announced bought-deal financing. 

GoviEx Uranium has completed an extensive metallurgical testwork programme demonstrating the viability of the company’s heap-leach process for the project. 

The ramp-up of copper production is continuing. 

Green Iron SA plans to start with the accelerated development of the project to establish a reliable supply of high-purity magnetite. 

The Apache Stronghold filed a petition to the US Supreme Court in the quarter ended September 30, 2024, requesting it to hear its case to stop the land exchange between Resolution Copper and the... 

The prefeasibility study is on track. 

The Simfer mine is on track to deliver first production in 2025. 

St Barbara is advancing as “quickly as possible” to bring forward production from the Simberi sulphides expansion. 

Calibre Mining Corp has reported that construction of the mine is progressing well. 

Construction of the mine is 80% complete. 

Rio Tinto is continuing to work with the traditional owners to progress the project. 

The Thaba Joint Venture aims to process chrome tailings from historical dumps and run-of-mine chrome ore from the Limberg chrome mine.