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.
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.
Congo halts artisanal copper and cobalt processing amid corruption crackdown Congo launched its first batch of traceable artisanal cobalt in November. December 24, 2025 | 08:42 am
