May 13, 2019 Volkswagen to make batteries in Germany, slim down Volkswagen will invest almost 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in battery cell production at a facility in western Germany.
May 13, 2019 Canada Cobalt Works doubles size of Castle mine land package The company added 4,800 hectares to the mine site by signing a deal with a local prospector and through staking.
May 10, 2019 World’s largest hard rock lithium mine to get bigger Talison Lithium, a partnership between China’s Tianqi and U.S. group Albemarle, obtained an environmental approval for the A$516-million ($361m) expansion of the Greenbushes mine in Western Australia.
May 9, 2019 Alexco posts $1.2m net income in Q1 In the same quarter last year the company recorded a loss of $3.6 million.
May 9, 2019 Australian junior Aurelia forgoes Glencore copper mine buy The exploration and development company became the second Australian miner since April to back off from plans to buy the Glencore's CSA, in New South Wales.
May 8, 2019 Nevada Copper inks $115m deal to construct Pumpkin Hollow Nevada's first copper mine in a decade is set to enter production during the final quarter of this year.
May 8, 2019 Hecla updates drilling at Casa Berardi mine High grade extension in the upper East and West mines have been outlined and are potential new underground mining areas.
May 7, 2019 Canada Cobalt signs deal for first revenue stream Canada Cobalt Works has signed a deal for the custom treatment of material from U.S. mines using its proprietary Re-2OX process.
May 6, 2019 Lithium price: Battery capacity of electric cars doubles from last year Lithium prices remain under pressure despite new report showing record 9.8GWh of battery capacity was deployed globally in March.
May 6, 2019 US senate introduces new bill to boost domestic battery minerals supply The new legislation goes further than ever before, looking at not only the domestic mineral resources but the supply chains that refine the raw materials for electric vehicles.
Copper at heart of probable Rio bid for Glencore: RBC A premium of 15% to 30% to Glencore’s early January share price could get the deal done, RBC analyst said. January 18, 2026 | 06:47 am