The international mining industry is in the early stages of the biggest collective boost it has received for almost 50 years.

Highlights include 9.5 metres grading 0.39% cobalt and 0.62% nickel starting from 77.5 metres.

The new state cobalt buyer wants to have a monopoly on all hand-dug cobalt in the central African country.

You can’t blame VW for wanting a little bit of Tesla’s glamour. But its April Fools’ Day calamity shows the dangers of trying to be cool and funny.

US-based Livent will supply the lithium directly to BMW’s battery cell manufacturers from 2022 on.

The project by PT Halmahera Persada Lygend (PT HPAL) is expected to be the first smelter in Indonesia to use high-pressure acid leach (HPAL) technology to produce nickel and cobalt chemicals.