March 14, 2018 Cobalt to be declared a strategic mineral in Congo Royalties paid to the government from cobalt and coltan mining will jump to 10 per cent from 2 per cent.
March 14, 2018 Glencore signs massive cobalt sale deal with China’s GEM The world’s biggest producer of cobalt has agreed to sell around a third of its cobalt production over the next three years to the Chinese battery recycler.
March 14, 2018 Canada’s First Cobalt buys US explorer, creates key supplier outside Congo The blended company will have projects in Ontario and Idaho which, once in operations, could be major cobalt suppliers for EVs makers and high tech firms.
March 13, 2018 New effort to mine sea floor for minerals essential to new low-carbon economy launches in April This cruise will identify an ocean area suitable for employing the process DPG has developed for mining nodules containing high concentrations of minerals.
March 13, 2018 VW just gave Tesla a $25 billion battery shock The world’s largest carmaker will equip 16 factories to produce electric vehicles by the end of 2022, compared with three currently.
March 13, 2018 Chile attempts to block China from prize lithium asset Chile development agency Corfo has asked antitrust regulators to block the sale of a 32 percent stake in Chilean lithium company SQM to a Chinese firm on the grounds it would give…
March 13, 2018 Samsung is said in talks for multi-year cobalt deal from Congo Samsung C&T has approached Somika SPRL to buy cobalt produced at its Kisanfu mine in Congo after only buying copper from the company for the past four years.
March 12, 2018 Investors hunting cobalt deals approached Sherritt, CEO Says Sherritt shares were up 2.5 percent at 10:30 a.m. in Toronto.
March 12, 2018 Over 37% of Bolivia’s population benefiting from the mining sector. Ross Beaty, Chairman of Pan American Silver and Pablo Guzman, Bolivian Ambassador in Canada, provided opening remarks highlighting the importance of silver mining in Bolivia and positive relations between Canada…
March 12, 2018 Taxes aren’t the real problem with mining in Congo: Gadfly There's a strange thing about the fear going through the global mining industry after theCongo signed an order to lift royalties last week: Compared with most other countries, these levies are still…
Copper price heads toward $12,000 a ton as banks predict further gains With year-end approaching, copper on the London Metal Exchange is up nearly 40%, marking its biggest annual gain since 2009. December 22, 2025 | 07:00 am
