April 2, 2021 Saudi Arabia of cobalt: Congo eyes battery metal price power The new state cobalt buyer wants to have a monopoly on all hand-dug cobalt in the central African country.
April 1, 2021 In the meme-stock era, even bad Voltswagen jokes are worth billions You can’t blame VW for wanting a little bit of Tesla’s glamour. But its April Fools’ Day calamity shows the dangers of trying to be cool and funny.
April 1, 2021 DBS co-leads $625m finance deal in Indonesia battery metals project The project by PT Halmahera Persada Lygend (PT HPAL) is expected to be the first smelter in Indonesia to use high-pressure acid leach (HPAL) technology to produce nickel and cobalt…
April 1, 2021 DeepGreen hits backs at firms opposing seafloor mining Supporting a deep-sea mining moratorium is backing the environmental and social ills that come from land extraction, the company says.
March 31, 2021 Biden’s EV plan throws fuel on already hot car-charging sector Biden on Wednesday proposed spending $174 billion to promote EVs and increase the number of charging stations by 12-fold.
March 31, 2021 Vale sells New Caledonia nickel assets to Trafigura Vale said it will have a supply contract with the Trafigura-led consortium to off-take part of the nickel produced there.
March 31, 2021 BMW, Volvo, Google and Samsung call for ban on deep-sea mining They are the first global companies to have signed up a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) call for a moratorium on mining the seabed.
March 31, 2021 Congo launches state-owned cobalt miner Entreprise Générale du Cobalt will sell cobalt hydroxide from artisanal miners under a five-year contract with trading house Trafigura.
March 28, 2021 Canada needs to work toward gaining leadership in the EV revolution – report Roskill states that Canada’s access to key battery raw materials gives the country an advantage when it comes to cell and module production.
March 28, 2021 London trader Stratton to sell First Cobalt’s refinery output in 5-yr deal Under the deal, First Cobalt will have the option to sell up to 100% of its annual cobalt sulfate to Stratton.
ERG signs long-term gallium supply deal with Mitsubishi Kazakhstan, which currently produces no gallium, is set to become the world's second-largest producer. December 20, 2025 | 08:34 am
