July 22, 2021 How transition metals destabilize high-energy-density li-ion batteries Japanese scientists discovered that high-valent transition metals destabilize lattice oxygen in oxide-based battery materials.
July 19, 2021 EV Metal Index quadruples year-on-year as lithium, nickel prices rally MINING.COM’s tracker of the value of battery metals in newly sold electric cars surges from pandemic lows, grows 18% month-month as lithium and nickel prices resume upward march.
July 19, 2021 China Moly’s Congo mine expansion project starts trial production The expansion project of the TFM mine is expected to produce 88,500 tonnes of copper cathode and 7,280 tonnes of cobalt hydroxide.
July 17, 2021 New York beating London as trading hub for booming cobalt market Trading activity in CME’s contract has been gathering steam since its launch in December.
July 16, 2021 Dawn of a mining supercycle. Are you taking the fizz? MINING.COM takes issue with a new white paper by Wood Mackenzie forecasting the varying impacts of the green energy transition on metals and mining demand.
July 16, 2021 Small miners aim for European supply chain for EV independent from China Growing demand for electric vehicles has spurred small-scale miners of the lithium, cobalt and rare earths.
July 15, 2021 Next mining supercycle will be different than any other — report Fossil fuels won’t be in the vanguard and the winners will be the industrial metals needed to electrify society, Wood Mackenzie says.
July 15, 2021 UK fraud unit finds alleged bribe network behind cobalt hub Prosecutors have told Swiss authorities they have proof of an alleged money-laundering ring spanning from Africa to Europe.
July 15, 2021 Congo’s cobalt monopoly to set price floor for artisanal miners The state cobalt buyer will put in place a price floor of $30,000 a tonne for the cobalt it buys from artisanal miners.
July 14, 2021 First Cobalt advancing work at refinery, hydromet plant The project is on schedule for commissioning in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Argentina’s cradle of Malbec wine is warming up to copper mining The San Jorge copper-gold project, controlled by Zug-based Zonda Metals, would be a first for Mendoza. December 18, 2025 | 10:49 am
