Electric car battery cobalt prices are rocketing
Soaring demand in China, ongoing logistics issues along the Congo-South Africa-China route lift prices over 30% in single month, says Benchmark.
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Aluminum price surges to 9-year high on Chinese supply concerns
Investors were jittery ahead of China’s annual meeting of parliament, where the country will announce goals for 2021.
Gold price touches 9-month low, pressured by firm yields
Gold is expected to struggle until the Fed curbs higher yields, one analyst says.
Miners, OEMs launch Electric Mine Consortium
The Electric Mine Consortium’s goal is to accelerate progress towards the fully-electrified, zero-CO2 and zero-particulates mine.
Advance Gold to enter battery metals space
The Canadian company wants to acquire 13 lithium-potassium-boron prospective salars in central Mexico.
World Gold Council adds four new board members
The addition of Aura Minerals, B2Gold, Sandstorm Gold and Shandong Zhaojin brings total WGC members to 33.
Bluestone’s Cerro Blanco gold project expected to produce 300 koz per year
A PEA for Bluestone Resources’ Cerro Blanco project shows it is capable of producing over 300,000 ounces of gold per year at first decile AISC.
Canada Silver Cobalt working on new battery recycling initiative
The project uses the hydrometallurgical Re-2Ox process to recover metals from lithium-ion, nickel-hydride and nickel-cadmium batteries.
Gold price slump continues, set for fifth straight drop
Bullion fell more than 6% in February, the biggest monthly drop in four years.
Food security is national security: Potash gets ready for a closeup
The Department of the Interior released a draft 2025 list of 54 minerals critical to the US economy, including potash.
