May 1, 2018 Battery metals supply crunch to slow near-term EVs growth — Moody’s Lack of new projects, investment deficit and increasing political risk will hit supply of cobalt, lithium, copper and nickel, key metals for making the batteries that power electric cars.
April 30, 2018 Australia’s Galaxy hires JP Morgan to advise on $376m-lithium project options Australian lithium producer Galaxy Resources said it was evaluating “strategic options” for its project in Argentina, which remains in the feasibility stage.
April 27, 2018 China says Chile move to block $5bn SQM lithium deal could be harmful If China’s Tianqi grabs a stake in Chile’s SQM, the world’s lowest cost lithium miner, it would mean the top three producers would control at least 80% of the total…
April 26, 2018 Canadian Miner Agnico to divest cobalt assets, sells gold interests Agnico said it started a strategic review on selling about 2,100 hectares of the Coleman and the South Lorrain cobalt-rich properties in Canada.
April 26, 2018 Moroccan King to sign trade, mining deals with Congo Moroccan King Mohammed VI will travel to the Central African nation for an April 28 summit of leaders to discuss the Congo Basin Blue Fund.
April 25, 2018 Canada’s First Cobalt eager for more after U.S. Cobalt buy Refinery could be working in 1-to-2 years' time.
April 24, 2018 Cuba sees 2018 nickel plus cobalt output topping 50,000 tonnes The country was ranked 10th in world nickel production in 2016 and sixth in cobalt.
April 24, 2018 Congo’s state miner seeks to dissolve Glencore venture over debts Gecamines said on Tuesday that debts owed by Kamoto to Glencore and its subsidiaries at the end of 2017 topped $9 billion.
April 24, 2018 Caterpillar results prove global economy in good shape The machinery manufacturer logged earnings of $2.82 per share on revenue of $12.9 billion, surpassing expectations.
April 23, 2018 Commodities: the top asset class of 2018 so far If the commodity sector keeps the pace for the rest of 2018, this will be the best year for the asset class since 2003.
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am
