August 16, 2021 Massive expansions won’t hurt cobalt price as supply shifts to oligopoly – report As Congo’s cheap surface oxide ore is depleted, big miners are switching to underground sulphide sources, potentially giving the top 3 control of half the global supply of the battery…
August 16, 2021 Sumitomo Metal develops rechargeable battery recycling technology Japan's biggest nickel smelter has successfully recovered a high-purity nickel-cobalt mix by separating impurities.
August 13, 2021 Tesla, Re|Source to launch final pilot in DRC to trace cobalt from mine to EVs Blockchain-based program is being tested in real operating conditions at multiple on-site pilots in DRC and Europe.
August 13, 2021 Scientists claim Gates, Bezos-backed firm could threaten Arctic ecosystem Breakthrough Energy, founded as a vehicle for combating climate change, is backing projects that may damage the Arctic, scientists say.
August 12, 2021 Diving for Metals: Visualizing Deep Sea Mining Reserves are estimated to be worth anywhere from $8 trillion to more than $16 trillion.
August 12, 2021 Home: US infrastructure bill targets critical minerals supply The United States' $1 trillion infrastructure package is undoubtedly good news for industrial metals.
August 9, 2021 Gates-backed firm joins Bluejay on battery metals quest KoBold Metals, a start-up backed by a coalition of billionaires, will pay $15m in exploration funding for Greenland project.
August 6, 2021 New EV battery designs unlikely to dampen metals demand, miners say Mining companies say they do not fear a plan by China's CATL to make an electric vehicle (EV) battery without lithium or other key metals.
August 6, 2021 World’s largest EV market facing challenges — report China’s electric two-wheeler market is not growing as it used to, according to IDTechEx.
August 6, 2021 China Moly commits $2.5 billion to double Tenke Fungurume copper, cobalt output Project at the Congo-based mine, one of the world’s largest copper-cobalt deposits, is expected to be completed in 2023.
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