After a 50% drop in prices this year, cobalt has turned toxic for Glencore.

The announcement that Glencore will close its Mutanda mine is expected to come as the company lays out an overhaul of its key African copper and cobalt business.

SK Innovation will purchase 100% of the battery-grade cobalt sulphate and nickel sulphate produced from Australian Mines' flagship Sconi project.

Big names like BHP and Glencore can't seem to agree on which metals will deliver the best long-term exposure to the developing global market.

Electric-car makers, battery makers, and consumer-technology companies have remained silent from the debate over deep-sea mining.

Three Indian state-run companies are to form a joint venture to buy mining assets overseas.

As the global demand for base metals grows, the mining industry is on the hunt for new deposits that can be developed into operating mines.

Researchers at the Sustainable Minerals Institute in Queensland are looking for sustainable solutions to some of the supply-side issues the mining industry is going to face.