July 3, 2018

LME to get tougher on cobalt companies with ties to the DRC

Starting next year, it will demand firms that get at least 25% of their metal from small-scale mines in the DRC to be subject of a professional audit.

July 3, 2018

Glencore hammered as US requests documents in corruption probe

Shares fell as much as 13% after the miner and commodities trader was told by US Department of Justice to produce documents on Nigeria, Congo and Venezuela.

July 2, 2018

Congo court suspends hearing on Glencore-owned cobalt mine

Until last month, Glencore was fighting three lawsuits in Congo that called into question its control of its prized copper and cobalt mines.

July 2, 2018

Chinalco halts Guangxi rare earth operations after environmental lapses

It is not the first time Chinalco, China's biggest state-owned aluminium producer, has run afoul of the country's ever stricter environmental regulations.

July 1, 2018

Sienna looks for cobalt in Sweden

The Vancouver-based miner wants to identify new drilling targets at its Slättberg project.

June 29, 2018

China’s No.1 maker of battery cells for EVs to build plant in Germany

A German battery plant could help ease an expected negative impact in the workforce employed by the local automotive industry.

June 28, 2018

Mining investors spooked as African dispute payments multiply

Miners across Africa are increasingly using one-time payments to settle disputes with governments, a trend that’s disturbing some investors.

June 28, 2018

BP buys Britain’s largest electric vehicle charging company

BP Plc plans to acquire the U.K.’s largest electric vehicle charging company, the latest in a string of acquisitions by major oil companies in the growing market for greener transport.

June 26, 2018

Hawkstone Mining’s lithium buy back on

Company decided to revise the terms of its planned 100% takeover of USA Lithium, which owns two projects in the US.

June 25, 2018

Why the lithium and cobalt story is the same yet different

Managing the cobalt market could get interesting.