January 16, 2020 Noram encouraged by drill results at Nevada lithium project The Canadian miner said its drill program yielded higher results than the current inferred resource.
January 15, 2020 Cobalt price: After dismal 2019, could Tesla-Glencore deal spark turnaround? Even before the rumoured deal, more than 80% of the world's largest cobalt miner's output was tied up for years to come, a new report shows.
January 15, 2020 Congo opens Chinese-owned Deziwa copper and cobalt mine The deposit, around 35 kilometres east of Kolwezi, is estimated to hold 4.6 million tonnes of copper and 420,000 tonnes of cobalt.
January 15, 2020 Chile regulator backs SQM lithium production expansion Chile’s Environmental Superintendent (SMA) said the ruling invalidating the miner's plan was "unfounded."
January 14, 2020 China rare earth exports rebound in December, but annual shipments lowest since 2015 Full-year rare earth shipments came in at 46,330 tonnes in 2019.
January 14, 2020 Court grants Millennial Lithium mining licenses in Argentina The land tenements used to belong to state-owned company Remsa.
January 14, 2020 Savannah Resources completes licensing for Mozambique JV with Rio Tinto The miner said full tenement permitting of Mutamba is now completed and expects to begin production before year-end.
January 12, 2020 Roskill predicts tight supply of NdFeB magnet rare earths Suppliers are expected to have a hard time keeping up with the demand, as EV production and sales ramp up.
January 10, 2020 Lithium price plunges to 4-year low Market for battery metal in grip of brutal bear market and experts say prices may not have bottomed yet.
January 10, 2020 Apple pushes recycling with robot, but mined metals still needed With the rising popularity of electric vehicles, newly mined minerals will be needed in even larger scale.
Mkango launches rare earth plant in Britain using recycled materials The new plant adds to Britain's strategy to increase critical minerals supply, aiming to meet 10% of domestic demand from local mining and 20% from recycling by 2035. January 15, 2026 | 08:55 am
