July 16, 2019 LME adds Huayou’s cobalt to its approved list Other Chinese companies producing cobalt approved for delivery against the LME contract include Jinchuan Group, Yantai Cash Industrial and GEM (Jiangsu) Cobalt Industry.
July 15, 2019 Amplats, Platinum Group Metals launch battery tech JV The join venture entered into an agreement with Florida International University to further advance a research program.
July 15, 2019 VIDEO: MINING.COM editor Frik Els on battery metals at PMF 2018 MINING.com editor Frik Els gives a speech on battery metals at the 2018 Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto, presented by The Northern Miner and Canadian Mining Journal.
July 15, 2019 Molymet drops plans for battery parts factory in Chile Molymet's decision is yet another setback for Chile, which has struggled to modernize its mining policy and develop a domestic battery industry.
July 14, 2019 Canadian miner starts exploring Czech/German copper-cobalt project The aim of the campaign is to assess the copper-cobalt potential in the interpreted rift system that hosts the Tisova copper-cobalt past-producing mine.
July 12, 2019 China copper imports in June fall 27% from a year earlier A slowdown in the world's second-biggest economy continues to weigh on demand for the metal.
July 12, 2019 American Manganese’s lithium-ion battery recycling technology achieves high purity The company reported achieving 99.88% purity in its production of NMC cathode material.
July 12, 2019 Cornish Lithium turns to crowdfunding to finance UK project It wants to raise £1m to support further drilling for subterranean lithium-bearing brines in the ancient mining region of Cornwall, south-west England.
July 11, 2019 Manganese X Energy to acquire Quebec Graphite property The NI 43-101 technical report notes that past exploration results intersected significant graphite mineralization in drill holes and trenches.
Mercuria signs copper concentrate offtake agreement with Bulgarian miner The agreement is for 100% of copper concentrate produced at the Ellatzite mine in 2026. December 30, 2025 | 08:42 am