November 29, 2018 BMW joins project to improve conditions for cobalt mining in Congo Carmakers seeking to boost sales of electric cars are struggling to get their hands on cobalt, a scarce but vital component in the production of batteries.
November 29, 2018 Congo plans to audit Glencore unit’s cobalt over uranium levels Relations with Congolese authorities have grown increasingly strained in recent months as the government pushes for foreign investors to contribute more.
November 28, 2018 B.C. moves to phase out gas-fired vehicles By 2030, 30% of all vehicles sold in B.C. will have to be EV or hybrid, and 100% by 2040.
November 28, 2018 M2 Cobalt advances exploration at Uganda mine The Vancouver junior mobilized a second drill rig and commenced drilling at two targets of its Bujagali mine.
November 27, 2018 ‘Passionate’ electric car owners to drive growth, Shell says Social desirability is important enough for consumers to ignore that battery-powered technology is currently more expensive than internal combustion engines.
November 27, 2018 BHP unveils world-class copper find near Olympic Dam in South Australia It is already being called by some experts “the thickest high-grade copper intersection seen in years.”
November 26, 2018 GM unplugs the Volt, but EVs aren’t dead: Liam Denning Farewell Chevy Volt, we hardly knew ye.
November 26, 2018 Appia drills high grade TREO at Alces Lake The property, east of Uranium City, returned 10.02% TREO by weight over 3.55 metres.
November 26, 2018 Eldorado Gold’s Bolcana project has 6.5m ounces of gold The inferred resource of 381 million tonnes was based on 98 diamond drill holes Eldorado completed mainly in 2017 and 2018 and a further 17 drill holes by European Goldfields…
November 26, 2018 Newmont’s Subika underground in Ghana starts commercial production The mine is 307 km northwest of the nation’s capital of Accra, and is situated along the Sefwi Volcanic Belt, a northeast-southwest trending volcanic belt in western Ghana.
Congo collects samples for CMOC’s first cobalt shipment, sources say The DRC is collecting samples for CMOC's first cobalt shipment under a new quota system, expected soon. December 22, 2025 | 07:20 am
