December 12, 2017 Vale’s reality check for nickel’s electric vehicle dreams: Andy Home While "everyone knows there are great opportunities" for nickel in the EV sector, "prices are not there", according to Vale Chief Exec Fabio Schvartsman,
December 11, 2017 Canadian junior to acquire five lithium projects Azincourt says the 6,000-hectare land package included in its agreement with New Age Metals represents the largest mineral claim holdings of projects for the lithium group or type of minerals…
December 11, 2017 Cobalt 27 spree sends cobalt price to fresh 9-year high CEO Anthony Milewski: Cobalt 27’s stockpile of cobalt “is a way for investors to speculate on the price of cobalt, plain and simple.”
December 11, 2017 Small Canadian miners in pole position for electric vehicle battery boon Canadian developers of cobalt and lithium mines stand to benefit from a round of investments from the makers of EVs and the batteries powering them.
December 7, 2017 Vedanta’s Zambian arm to set up new processing plants Vedanta Resources said Thursday its Zambian subsidiary KCM plans to set up new copper smelter, cobalt refinery and more under a $1 bln investment programme.
December 5, 2017 Electric charge: Glencore bets big on car battery metals Glencore has increased production of the metals used to make electric car batteries faster than its major mining rivals, according to an industry-wide analysis that shows the scale of a…
December 4, 2017 5 early-stage lithium plays to capitalize on exploding EV growth For the past two years the silvery-white metal has been a darling of the junior mining investment space, and for good reason.
December 4, 2017 Bacanora tanks as president resigns President and director Martin Vidal has left the post effective November 30.
December 4, 2017 Rio Tinto appoints one of its own as the company’s new chairman After a nine-month search, the miner has picked the current leader of the remuneration committee, Simon Thompson, to assume the post in March 2018.
December 1, 2017 First Cobalt merges with CobalTech The company is redeveloping the Keely-Frontier mine, a high-grade mine that produced over 3.3 million pounds of cobalt.
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