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.
July 13, 2021 Top 10 Canadian base metal and uranium explorers and developers Demand for greener energy has put companies with uranium and base metal projects under the spotlight.
July 13, 2021 Copper mining is Opec on crack, so why is the price falling? Half the world’s copper mining is controlled by just three countries, and China alone refines 40% of the metal central to the green energy transition away from fossil fuels.
July 12, 2021 Congo likely to start artisanal cobalt buying within 8 weeks The government is aiming to end unsafe working practices and child labour.
July 12, 2021 Europe’s climate masterplan aims to slash emissions within a decade If approved, plan would put the bloc on track to meet its 2030 goal of reducing planet-warming emissions by 55% from 1990 levels.
July 8, 2021 Technology Metals Snapshot: Eight juniors with properties to watch Many juniors are on the hunt for ‘technology metals,’ a broad category that includes cobalt, copper, nickel, platinum group elements, graphite, lithium, rare earth elements, and silver, among others.
July 6, 2021 Giga Metals advances Turnagain nickel-cobalt project toward 2022 PFS The Turnagain project in British Columbia is described as one of the significant undeveloped sulphide nickel and cobalt resources in the world.
July 6, 2021 Jervois gets nod for Idaho project development Company approved the final construction and development of its cobalt operations in the US state of Idaho, with the first production expected in mid-2022.
July 5, 2021 Eramet says Europe must help its miners gain access to EV metals “We don’t have these resources in Europe, or very little” of them, Eramet CEO Christel Bories said in an interview.
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