Cobalt Top Stories

CHARTS: Mining stocks gain on tech but remain an afterthought for investors

Apple is worth more than the 100 biggest mining companies, three years of global copper production and all the world's seaborne iron ore.

Frik Els | January 13, 2023 | 12:20 pm

Toughest material on earth now a reality

Scientists measured the highest toughness ever recorded of any material,…

Staff Writer | January 13, 2023 | 6:06 am

India’s foray into the EV battery market lacks some key ingredients

The government has unveiled incentives of at least $3.4 billion…

Bloomberg News | January 10, 2023 | 6:42 am

Top 50 mining companies in 2022: coal, lithium win big, China investors lose out

Commodity prices are always volatile, but in 2022 metal and…

Frik Els | January 9, 2023 | 11:16 am

The top 50 biggest mining companies in the world

Despite gold's price slump, strong copper and iron ore prices…

MINING.com Editor | January 9, 2023 | 9:00 am

A $1.5 billion hoard of copper and cobalt is piling up in Congo

By now, there are about 120,000 tons of copper and around 12,500 tons of cobalt stuck waiting to leave the country.

Bloomberg News | February 27, 2023 | 7:37 am

Stellantis buys into Argentina copper in race for battery metals

The automaker has its eye on one of the world’s bigger underdeveloped copper deposits in Argentina’s San Juan province.

Bloomberg News | February 27, 2023 | 7:21 am

Decree adds to doubts about Mexican lithium industry’s future

President Lopez Obrador recently established a more than 900-square-mile lithium mining zone in the Sonora state.

Reuters | February 27, 2023 | 7:01 am

US to loan Li-Cycle $375 million for New York recycling plant

Li-Cycle's Rochester, New York, processing facility is slated to open later this year.

Reuters | February 27, 2023 | 6:46 am

Research institutions, US Army partner to identify risks in critical minerals supply chain

Over 100 industrial scientists, WPI faculty, and graduate and undergraduate students are engaged in more than 20 research projects.

Staff Writer | February 27, 2023 | 5:50 am

Recharge Industries grabs failed startup Britishvolt

The Australian firm has bought Britishvolt, which planned a battery factory in the UK to power EVs, out of administration.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 27, 2023 | 5:33 am

Jindalee claims McDermitt project is the largest lithium deposit in US

The Australian miner says its project, on the Nevada-Oregon border, has overtaken Lithium America’s Thacker pass by contained lithium in mineral resource.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 27, 2023 | 3:57 am

China lithium probe shuts down a tenth of global supply

Some lithium operations in Yichun, Jiangxi province, have been halted as Beijing officials investigate alleged violations at the mines.

Bloomberg News | February 27, 2023 | 3:32 am

Beijing probes illegal mining activities in Chinese lithium hub

The probe comes amid a "shutdown and rectification" of lithium producers in Yichun, known by some as Asia's lithium capital.

Reuters | February 26, 2023 | 9:21 am

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