March 29, 2022

India to invest in exploring lithium, cobalt mines in Australia

The move comes at a time when India is offering $2.4 billion of incentives for companies to build battery cells locally for electric vehicles.

March 28, 2022

Mawson begins initial PEA on gold-cobalt project in Finland

The study will be based on an inferred mineral resource estimated at 1.04 million oz. of gold-equivalent.

March 28, 2022

He who hesitates may be lost in China’s electric car market

Car buyers may be delaying any EV purchase at their peril.

March 24, 2022

China’s foreign minister meets Taliban leaders in Kabul

Beijing has embraced the Taliban’s return to rule in Afghanistan, a diplomatic approach that could allow it to tap into the nation’s vast mineral resources.

March 24, 2022

Bezos, Gates-backed KoBold Metals to begin Greenland drilling

KoBold last year secured a 51% stake in the Disko-Nuussuaq project.

March 21, 2022

Volkswagen unveils Asian ventures to secure nickel, cobalt

Volkswagen will form joint ventures with Huayou Cobalt and Tsingshan Group to secure up to 120kt nickel and 15kt cobalt per year.

March 21, 2022

Chinese electric carmaker calls battery price hikes ‘ridiculous’

Car manufacturers are trying to lure more customers just as government subsidies for cleaner vehicles fall away.

March 18, 2022

US unveils battery strategy in West Virginia to ease coal loss

The administration also plans to announce nearly $215 million in Interior Department funding to clean up abandoned mines in West Virginia.

March 17, 2022

The Metals Company signs MoU for PFS on world’s first deep-sea nodule processing plant

The polymetallic nodule fields in the CCZ of the Pacific represent the largest known undeveloped nickel resource on the planet.

March 17, 2022

5 CHARTS: Mining supercycle – how soon is now?

Pent-up demand, supply shocks, low stocks pushed aluminum, copper and coal prices to all-time highs, but new report suggests supercycle talk is premature.