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.

March 26, 2021

Newest battery metal IPO taps rising interest in the deep sea

Investor interest in deep sea minerals is rising ahead of an mining code of conduct that’s expected to be concluded this year by the International Seabed Authority.