April 12, 2018 ‘Urban mining’ in S.Korea pulls rare battery materials from recycled tech In 2016, the most recent year from which data is available, 19.6 trillion won ($18.38 billion) worth of metals were extracted from recycled materials.
April 10, 2018 Korea’s LG Chem to set up battery material JVs with China’s Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt LG Chem to raise $224.8 mln by 2020 to set up two JVs.
April 10, 2018 Copper supply crunch earlier than predicted — experts Copper production will peak in the second half of 2019, making a growing supply deficit much more real.
April 10, 2018 Vanadium batteries need Elon Musk moment to kick-start market Vanadium needs a big player in the global battery market to get behind the metal to share center stage with other energy-storage components such as lithium.
April 10, 2018 Chile mulls revision to mining code Authorities may consider potential revisions to the mining laws in order to make companies that already own concessions to work on them or else give them up.
April 9, 2018 Private capital flowing into mining on track for record year The second largest ever private equity fund focused on mining closed in the first quarter – 13 funds aim to raise a further $4.9 billion in 2018.
April 9, 2018 Juniors struggle to compete with majors in exploration — Chile’s Mining Society One of the main problems, says the head of Chile’s Mining Society, Diego Hernández, is miners have no incentives to do anything with the assets they already own and is…
April 9, 2018 Here are the firms feeding China’s battery revolution Chinese companies are leading the way in securing the raw materials needed for a massive expansion in battery capacity.
April 6, 2018 Canadian miner sells cobalt assets in Ontario The claims are located in the Cobalt-Gowganda mining district.
April 6, 2018 World’s largest ever tech fund enters lithium race Softbank $100 billion fund buys into Canadian lithium miner in first deal of its kind as race to secure electric vehicle battery raw materials heats up.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
