October 17, 2017 Lithium Supercycle The truth, in regards to the world’s mineral resources, is that we in the western developed countries are usually not in control of supply.
October 15, 2017 VW lowballs cobalt producers, fails to secure supply for EVs In one of the clearest signs of a tight cobalt market, Volkswagen has failed to secure a long-term supply of cobalt used in electrical vehicle batteries.
October 12, 2017 Mitsui to build desalination plant for BHP’s Spence copper mine in Chile The project will be the Japanese company’s first desalination plant and it is estimated to require an investment of around $623 million (70 billion Yen).
October 11, 2017 Landmark court decision shakes up mineral royalties In a High Court decision handed down on 3 October 2017, Justice Meyer found in favour of the taxpayer, United Manganese of Kalahari Proprietary Limited.
October 11, 2017 Uranium explorer adds mineralization to ‘world-class project’ NexGen Energy Ltd. reported radioactivity results for 22 holes of the on-going summer drilling program on their Rook I property in Athabasca Basin, Sask.
October 6, 2017 Electric cars prompt consultants CRU to explore cobalt sulphate index Any cobalt sulphate prices published by CRU would be based on traded prices in China, a cobalt industry source said.
October 5, 2017 Graphite seeing some upward movement The graphite market has shown its first sign of life in a few years with some upward price pressure.
October 5, 2017 Mexico’s mining sector to reach $17.8bn by 2020 on zinc prices, strong pipeline Competitive operating costs and supportive government policies are also expected to play a key role in Mexico's mining industry strong recovery.
October 1, 2017 Chinese EV market nearing 2% penetration Plug-in-vehicle market in China surges to a record 1.8% of total passenger vehicle sales.
September 28, 2017 Chile sees no obstacle to Albemarle request to hike lithium output cap Albemarle said it could invest $1-billion in Chile over the next 5 years if request to the government to let it extract 125,000 tonnes per year is approved.
Copper price nears $13,000 on tariffs woes, supply strain Mine outages, tariff risks and tight supply push copper toward a milestone despite weakening Chinese demand. December 29, 2025 | 05:51 am
