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…

March 9, 2018

Congo’s Kabila signs into law new mining code

The law, passed by parliament in late January, replaces an earlier code from 2002.