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Breaking into the battery minerals market

The emergence of new ways to collaborate with external experts is providing better opportunities for mineral processing operations to break into the battery minerals market.

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Finding value in in-situ recovery

In-situ recovery is providing a step towards invisible mining, helping more mineral processing operations lower their financial and environmental burdens

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Insights from AusIMM Lithium & Battery Metals Conference 2019

The AUSIMM conference 2019 provided great insight into the switch towards including downstream processing in new battery minerals processing builds. As the opportunities for new processing operations increase, so do the expectations that mining operators will create value for local communities.

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Evaluating future metal demand

The World Bank report ‘The Growing Role of Minerals and Metals for a Low Carbon Future’ report contains a detailed analysis of how the trend towards sustainability will affect the future demand for metals, which is valuable for investment and planning decisions. We present two key considerations that need to be factored in to this analysis to ensure you’re making the right decision for your business.