November 26, 2020 Savannah’s Portugal lithium project moves to next permitting phase Mina do Barroso is expected to become Europe’s first significant producer of spodumene, a hard-rock form of lithium.
November 25, 2020 Galaxy Resources to raise $118m for Argentina lithium project Capital raised will be used to advance the first stage of development of the company’s Sal de Vida lithium brine project.
November 24, 2020 Elon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to grab world’s second-richest ranking The 49-year-old entrepreneur’s net worth soared $7.2 billion to $127.9 billion, driven by yet another surge in Tesla’s share price.
November 23, 2020 Australia’s mining investment embraces gold, battery minerals An uptake in battery technology has driven greater investment in nickel, cobalt, rare earths and lithium.
November 23, 2020 Trafigura inks cobalt deal with DRC artisanal miners Agreement with the Congolese government will help improve conditions at informal mine sites in return for cobalt supplies.
November 23, 2020 Giga Metals files PEA for Turnagain nickel project Turnagain is considered one of the largest undeveloped sulphide nickel deposits in the world.
November 20, 2020 Biden easing up on Cuba would boost Canadian miner, CEO says Sherritt was pushed to the brink during Trump’s tenure; its market value sunk to a record $22.8 million in March.
November 19, 2020 Fastmarkets, CME to launch cash-settled cobalt futures contract The contract is scheduled to launch December 14.
November 19, 2020 Volkswagen joins cobalt group supporting artisanal DRC miners Pilot project intends to strengthen legal compliance and improve health and safety conditions in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
November 19, 2020 SQM pulls trigger on lithium growth in volume-over-price bet Company is moving ahead with plans to more than double capacity in a bet that accelerating electric-vehicle demand will tighten a currently oversupplied market for the battery metal.
First Quantum to sell Spanish mine for $190M Global Panduro, an entity controlled by US private equity Resource Capital Funds, will acquire the past-producing Las Cruces copper mine. December 24, 2025 | 07:28 am
