June 30, 2021 CHART: Study predicts over 400% increase in copper, lithium, nickel battery demand BloombergNEF turns super bullish about metals demand for batteries – ups forecast 35% to 2.7 terawatt hours per year by 2030 as electric cars take off.
June 30, 2021 Glencore paid $5.8bn to governments in 2020 Payments to governments in 2020 were lower due to pandemic disruption.
June 29, 2021 CHARTS: China’s overseas copper mining scramble Chinese state and private investors have spent more than $16 billion over the last decade buying copper mines and projects including nearly 50 in Africa.
June 29, 2021 Australia, US and Canada launch interactive map for critical minerals The website contains the world’s largest dataset of minerals such cobalt, lithium and rare earth elements.
June 28, 2021 UEX extends Michael Lake nickel-cobalt zone with widest intersection to date The company has received the final drill assays from last winter’s program at West Bear nickel-copper project in Saskatchewan.
June 25, 2021 Hanrui Cobalt applies for HK listing to fund expansion Company is one of China's biggest producers of the metal and is building new facilities in the southern Chinese city of Ganzhou to produce 10,000 tonnes per year of cobalt…
June 24, 2021 First Cobalt starts exploration at Iron Creek, shares up Located in the Idaho Cobalt Belt, the project is considered one of the few primary cobalt deposits in the world.
June 24, 2021 What Canada should do to secure its own supply of critical minerals — report A report presented before the House of Commons states that it is time for the Canadian government to step up its critical minerals game.
June 23, 2021 A mining startup’s rush for underwater metals comes with deep risks While seabed mining remains technologically and commercially unproven, rising demand for metals crucial to decarbonization are already unleashing a gold rush to the bottom of the sea.
June 22, 2021 Copper supply needs to double by 2050, Glencore CEO says The nickel and cobalt markets are facing similar supply deficits over the next few decades, Glasenberg says.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
