June 1, 2018

Cobalt price: Congo production surges

Top supplier of battery raw material ups output 34% year on year.

June 1, 2018

Metal prices, financing, exploration and assays are all up

No longer under water.

June 1, 2018

Congo court rejects Glencore bid to move copper dissolution case

The decision is a setback for the Swiss commodity trader, which is facing multiple disputes in the central African nation.

June 1, 2018

Shares in lithium giant fall on disappointing auction

Chilean lithium producer SQM shares punished after $1 billion of shares auctioned below ruling price.

May 31, 2018

RNC Minerals secures US$13m financing

RNC announced today that it has entered into a US$13 million bridge financing facility with Auramet.

May 30, 2018

Miners threaten Congo with legal action over mining code

Regulations to implement the new code are due to be signed into law next week.

May 30, 2018

Electric vehicles on the road to triple by 2020 — IEA

The number of electric cars, including battery-electric, plug-in hybrid electric and fuel cell electric passenger light-duty vehicles, increased by 57% in 2017 from the previous year.

May 29, 2018

Biggest electric vehicle battery IPO valuation cut in half

Time to curb your enthusiasm about the electric vehicle boom and surging demand, prices for lithium, cobalt, nickel, rare earth and graphite?

May 29, 2018

Miners warn Congo it faces $3bn revenue loss over new law

The mining companies insist the government reinsert a stability clause, present in the former code.

May 29, 2018

Australia’s Galaxy Resources to sell tenements in Argentina to POSCO for $280 mln

The land is located in the northern area of the giant Salar del Hombre Muerto salt flat.