November 15, 2017 Zonte Metals acquires iron oxide copper gold project According to the company's CEO, exploration is expected to start shortly in the form a ground magnetic survey over portions of the project.
November 15, 2017 Apple leads way in tracing cobalt from Congo, Microsoft lags – Amnesty Statement by Amnesty International says while Apple is first company to publish names of its cobalt suppliers, other electronics brands made little progress.
November 14, 2017 Former Xstrata CEO Mick Davis may become Rio Tinto new chairman The mining veteran could face competition from internal candidates, including former head of UK gas company Centrica, Sam Laidlaw, who now sits on Rio’s board.
November 14, 2017 Argentina wants to overtake Chile in South America lithium race Since President Mauricio took office in December 2015 and opened the country to foreign capital, Argentina has received more investment than any other country in the 'lithium triangle'.
November 13, 2017 New fertilizers based on metal nanoparticles expected to produce macro-harvests Russian scientists have developed a new generation of innovative fertilizers that, they say, are capable of increasing crop productivity by 25 per cent.
November 10, 2017 Finnish nickel producer, Trafigura tap electric vehicle boom Trafigura Group provides $200m in funding to Finland's Terrafame nickel mine, which plans to start producing material for electric vehicle batteries by 2020.
November 10, 2017 This Aussie miner is about to break into South Korea lithium sector Pilbara Minerals has announced a potential joint venture with two South Korean companies to develop a lithium processing facility in the Asian country.
November 9, 2017 Battery Metal Series – Part 1 with Mike Beck: A perfect storm in lithium unprecedented demand profile Mike discusses his trip to London where he took in the LME week which is a meeting held by the metals industry.
November 8, 2017 Rio Tinto joins race for stake in world’s largest lithium miner Mining giant is eying the 32% interest in SQM that PotashCorp is selling to fulfill China's regulators condition for the approval of the its friendly merger with smaller rival Agrium.
November 7, 2017 Chinese battery maker CATL eyeing upstream cobalt investments China needs to ease its reliance on the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Chinese copper smelter, Antofagasta agree to record low fees Tough negotiations reflected a market facing abundant refining capacity but tight global ore supplies. December 22, 2025 | 12:20 pm
