March 15, 2018

How Congo faced down some of the world’s biggest mining firms

The changes to the mining code in Congo, which supplies some 60 percent of the world's cobalt, could have repercussions for consumers around the world.

March 15, 2018

Big miners arrive in the DRC to go over new mining code

The companies have just resigned from the Congolese Chamber of Commerce.

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.