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.

April 6, 2018

Electric vehicles do not need to be poisonous

The rapid proliferation of poisons in a widening variety of applications requires better monitoring and control.

April 5, 2018

Och-Ziff deal isn’t final yet as judge weighs `victim’ Bid

An Och-Ziff unit is due to be sentenced after it pleaded guilty to participating in a bribery conspiracy to help acquire mining assets.

April 5, 2018

Future of $700-million Michigan potash project in regulators hands

Michigan Potash Co. is closer than ever to start building a potash mine in the state.

April 4, 2018

Trafigura signs three-year cobalt deal with Congo miner

Trafigura has already increased its foothold in nickel with an exclusive offtake agreement with Finland's Terrafame, that also produces zinc and cobalt.

April 3, 2018

Dormant Swedish mine comes alive in rush for car batteries

A Canadian company called Leading Edge Materials Corp. is preparing to revive operations.

April 2, 2018

Investment in Africa’s mining sector to rise: BMI

BMI presents the recent changes to the DRC’s mining code as an example of a situation that challenges all the parties involved, but that is very unlikely to cloud miners’…