January 17, 2019 LME to launch seven new contracts on March 11, lithium due in Q4 “We believe that these new cash-settled contracts... will help lower barriers to market entry"
January 17, 2019 Cornish secures further funding to build lithium mine in UK The funds will enable the company to expand activities in south-west England and to drill exploratory boreholes to extract samples of lithium-bearing brines.
January 16, 2019 Mining the Americas in 2019 — a forecast Canada's cobalt sector and Ecuador's budding mining sector for copper and gold will be investment hot spots.
January 16, 2019 MineHub and IBM to introduce global mining and metals supply chain solution with blockchain The first use case will manage concentrate from Goldcorp’s Penasquito mine in Mexico.
January 16, 2019 Pimco favors ‘unloved’ platinum that’s looking cheap to gold Platinum could be the dark horse among precious metals, according to a money manager at Pacific Investment Management Co.
January 16, 2019 New software uses machine learning to refine loading and haulage processes The program was initially designed by a master’s student at the University of Western Australia.
January 16, 2019 Ford to lead blockchain pilot that traces cobalt mined in Congo The carmaker will use a blockchain-based platform to trace supplies of cobalt from a Chinese-owned mine in the Congo for the batteries in its electric cars, in an effort to…
January 15, 2019 Electric cars seen getting cleaner even where grids rely on coal The global share of zero-carbon electricity generation is set to increase from 38 percent last year to 63 percent by 2040.
January 15, 2019 Kabila in driving seat as court mulls Congo vote challenge Martin Fayulu, the runner-up in the Dec. 30 poll, has petitioned the Constitutional Court to order a recount of the votes.
January 15, 2019 Rare earths deja vu: Chinese crackdown = higher prices Last week it was reported that the Chinese government published new guidelines designed to eliminate illegal mining and encourage more high-end processing.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
