November 11, 2018 Chinese vessel collects cobalt samples in the Pacific – Xinhua The vessel performed a 138-day survey in the west Pacific.
November 10, 2018 First Vanadium moves Carlin toward updated resource In the last year, vanadium has out-performed all other metals, it’s just kind of the right time and right place for the right project.
November 9, 2018 Lundin Gold completes one third of construction at Fruta del Norte Lundin Gold expects to reach the ore body at its Fruta del Norte project in Ecuador during the first quarter of 2019, and pour first gold at around this time…
November 9, 2018 Australia lithium miner Altura says it has signed offtake deal with China’s Ganfeng The deal will see Altura supply Ganfeng with 8,000 tonnes of 6-percent spodumene concentrate this year and a minimum of 70,000 tonnes per year from 2019 to 2021.
November 9, 2018 Stung by Asian dominance, Germany pours cash into EV battery ventures Germany has earmarked 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) to support a consortium looking to produce electric car battery cells and plans to fund a research facility to develop next-generation solid-state…
November 9, 2018 Guyana Goldfields starts underground development at Aurora The company is investing more than $120 million, which is a first in the history of the South American country.
November 8, 2018 Cobalt prices could rally 30% by mid-2019 Glencore's suspension of Congo exports shows how cobalt production expansion plans can go awry.
November 8, 2018 China October rare earth exports slump to 3-year low The world's largest producer of rare earth minerals shipped 3,100 tonnes last month, versus 4,950 tonnes in September.
November 8, 2018 Japan’s Sumitomo Metal cuts FY profit forecast on lower metal prices Sumitomo Metal cut its full-year forecast, blaming lower-than-expected metal prices amid the U.S.-Sino trade spat, and reduced nickel output.
November 8, 2018 Go Cobalt to earn 100% interest in vanadium mine in Quebec Barachois is a sedimentary hosted vanadium-selenium-silver-lead-zinc prospect that covers 1,801 hectares.
Copper price: Strains deepen as global smelting activity hits decade low Copper prices are under renewed pressure after satellite data showed 1.2 million tonnes of January smelter capacity outside China went idle. February 12, 2026 | 11:01 am
