Cobalt Top Stories

Cobalt price rally lifts EV Metal Index to fresh record high

Cobalt use in newly-sold electric cars sets record and prices jump to 21-month high, lifting overall index to fresh monthly record.

Frik Els | January 19, 2021 | 11:28 am

Kabanga, Tanzania to develop world’s largest nickel deposit

The UK-based miner and Tanzania will jointly develop a project…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 19, 2021 | 6:49 am

Ivanhoe’s Friedland taking ‘hard look’ at US projects

The US remains under-explored because previous administrations have considered mining…

Reuters | January 18, 2021 | 11:21 am

Bluejay, Rio Tinto’s JV in Finland is official

The London-based explorer announced that all conditions have now been…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 18, 2021 | 5:30 am

What China’s increasing control over cobalt resources in the DRC means for the West – report

Roskill says China’s increasing control over copper and cobalt resources…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 17, 2021 | 12:56 pm

Evolution Metals bids for NA Lithium assets with US support

Bid lays the framework for a partnership between Investissement Québec, the US government and EMC.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 19, 2021 | 2:08 pm

Miners now saviours in green transition

The whole system has to be rebuilt, and that is the onset of the revenge of the miners, says Robert Friedland.

Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | January 19, 2021 | 11:02 am

Neo improves lithium carbonate purity level, shares up

Neo Lithium's stock hit a 52-week high Tuesday and is up 55% YTD.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 19, 2021 | 9:16 am

Covid-restrictions force Lithium Australia out of Germany

The miner said that restrictions rendered the work in Saxony’s Ore Mountains “almost impossible.”

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 19, 2021 | 6:15 am

Gates, Bezos-backed fund offers $1bn to clean energy start-ups

To be eligible, projects must have potential to cut global emissions by at least 500 million tonnes a year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 19, 2021 | 3:55 am

Lithium Americas shares surge on Thacker Pass approval

The US Bureau of Land Management gave final approval to the lithium mine in Nevada.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 18, 2021 | 10:54 am

UK hails first domestic production of battery-quality lithium

A consortium focused on developing the UK’s lithium supply chain has produced two lithium carbonate concentrates from local samples.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2021 | 6:58 am

SQM says relations with indigenous communities are improving

SQM said it is is making progress in improving relations with the communities that live around the Atacama salt flat.

Reuters | January 17, 2021 | 11:35 am

Hardy bacteria turn out to be good cobalt miners

Geobacter could become the basis of new biotechnology to reclaim and recycle cobalt from lithium-ion batteries.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 17, 2021 | 7:22 am

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Cobalt price rally lifts EV Metal Index to fresh record high

Kabanga, Tanzania to develop world’s largest nickel deposit

Ivanhoe’s Friedland taking ‘hard look’ at US projects

Bluejay, Rio Tinto’s JV in Finland is official

What China’s increasing control over cobalt resources in the DRC means for the West – report

Evolution Metals bids for NA Lithium assets with US support

Miners now saviours in green transition

Neo improves lithium carbonate purity level, shares up

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