December 14, 2020 Inobat to create ‘green battery ecosystem’ in Europe It begins with discovering and developing better performing, and more environmentally friendly cell chemistries.
December 14, 2020 Tesla teams to visit Indonesia to check on investment in EV components Minister told Reuters last month that "there is a really good chance" that companies will want to invest in Indonesian nickel processing to cut costs.
December 14, 2020 Spearmint drills highest lithium values yet at Clayton Valley The miner reported values as high as 1,840 parts per million lithium during phase-II 2020 of its recent 10-hole drill program in Nevada.
December 13, 2020 China Moly buys 95% of DRC copper-cobalt mine from Freeport for $550m The Kisanfu mine holds 6.28 million tonnes of copper and 3.1 million tonnes of cobalt metal.
December 11, 2020 Rare earth producers aim to agree global environment standards in 2021 Manufacturers of electronic goods and EVs are under pressure from consumers to push their suppliers to impose sustainability standards.
December 10, 2020 EV Metal Index on course for record year MINING.COM EV Metal Index, which tracks the value of battery metals in newly registered passenger EVs surge 80% year on year.
December 9, 2020 Largo to supply vanadium to clean energy storage co. Largo Clean Energy will receive raw materials from the Maracás Menchen mine in Brazil.
December 8, 2020 Minerals and metals demand recovery in 2021 – report Fitch sees mining and metals capital expenditure improving in 2021, compared with 2020.
December 8, 2020 Tianqi Lithium sells 49% of Australian unit to IGO in $1.4bn deal Move gives IGO access to the Greenbushes, the world’s biggest hard-rock lithium mine.
December 7, 2020 Biden infrastructure plans will prop up base metals markets Plans by US President-elect to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure are expected to underpin metals prices in the coming months.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
