December 28, 2020

Major milestone for Mason Graphite at Lac Gueret

Testing of lithium-ion batteries containing graphite has reached a key milestone for potential electric vehicle application.

December 24, 2020

Rising nickel prices to support project development – report

Fitch forecasts rising nickel prices will support project development as the economics of nickel mine projects become increasingly attractive.

December 24, 2020

SQM begins process to raise capital, boost lithium output

If approved, the capital will help finance its previously announced $1.9 billion, four-year investment plan.

December 23, 2020

DRC joins Cobalt Action Partnership

The Cobalt Action Partnership aims to eliminate child and forced labor from the cobalt value chain and contribute to the sustainable development of communities.

December 23, 2020

Infinity granted key permit for Spanish lithium project

The Australian company received an investigation permit for an area known as Ampliación a Valdeflorez.

December 23, 2020

First Cobalt gets C$10m government boost to refinery

Funding will allow company to accelerate the development of its cobalt refinery in Ontario, 600 km from the US border.

December 22, 2020

We’re never going to mine the asteroid belt: Fickling

Humanity’s failure to exploit extraterrestrial ore reserves isn’t a sign that we lack imagination.

December 22, 2020

SQM signs 8-year lithium deal with LG Energy Solution

Contract will supply about 55,000 metric tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent.

December 17, 2020

Trafigura’s Congo artisanal cobalt project to end, replaced by industrial mining

Mutoshi is one of several projects in the Congo aiming to regulate artisanal cobalt mining.

December 17, 2020

A tale of two crises – metals in the year of covid-19

It’s been a tumultuous year for industrial metal markets, both the worst of times and the best of times.