March 24, 2020 Rutile identified as the carrier of vanadium at Eurobattery Minerals’ project The Stockholm-based company is working towards helping Europe become self-sufficient in ethical battery minerals.
March 23, 2020 China Moly to isolate TFM copper mine in Congo Isolation beginning at noon on Tuesday in response to the coronavirus.
March 23, 2020 South Africa orders mines to close in 21-day virus lockdown South Africa’s army will help the police to enforce the lockdown that will start midnight Thursday.
March 23, 2020 Congo’s key copper, cobalt provinces in two-day lockdown The measure is expected to weigh heavily on copper output.
March 23, 2020 Codelco says copper price fall puts projects “at risk” Last week Codelco said it would slow production to a level of "operational continuity" for a period of 15 days.
March 23, 2020 Bacanora’s Sonora project delayed to Q3 The Ganfeng test plant and project team have resumed work on project engineering.
March 23, 2020 Egyptian billionaire Sawiris boosts exposure to gold Egypt last month announced a new exploration tender for gold-mining.
March 23, 2020 Germany wants to mass produce large-format lithium-ion cells The ZellkoBatt project was created to build bridges between battery working prototypes and industrial mass manufacturing in domestic factories.
March 23, 2020 Orocobre suspends operations in Argentina The company says it currently has sufficient stock to meet customer orders until the end of April.
March 23, 2020 Three Swiss gold refineries suspend production due to virus threat The refineries are in the Swiss canton of Ticino bordering Italy.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am