March 5, 2021 Rock and heavy metal: winners emerge in energy transition As world economies shift to more electrification and away from fossil fuels to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, expect more copper mining and interest in metals like cobalt and…
March 4, 2021 Generation Mining feasibility defines 13-year open pit mine The surface mine would generate a total of 588,000 palladium oz and 122 million lb of copper.
March 4, 2021 Seafloor miner DeepGreen plans listing through SPAC merger Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corp will combine with DeepGreen in a $2.9bn deal.
March 4, 2021 US broke record on energy storage deployment in Q4-2020 Over 2,000 megawatt-hours of new energy storage systems were brought online in Q4-2020 in the United States.
March 4, 2021 Green revolution gets more expensive as copper price rallies Copper is a vital part of green infrastructure from grids to wind turbines, and a recent price surge threatens to make decarbonization more costly.
March 4, 2021 Congo’s cobalt and copper production jumped in 2020, central bank says Congo produced 85,855 tonnes of cobalt in 2020, up 10% from 2019.
March 3, 2021 Electric car battery cobalt prices are rocketing Soaring demand in China, ongoing logistics issues along the Congo-South Africa-China route lift prices over 30% in single month, says Benchmark.
March 3, 2021 Energy storage boom to propel zinc battery demand, industry association says Annual demand for zinc in batteries was only 600 tonnes in 2020 but that figure is projected to rise to 77,500 tonnes in 2030
March 2, 2021 Canada Silver Cobalt working on new battery recycling initiative The project uses the hydrometallurgical Re-2Ox process to recover metals from lithium-ion, nickel-hydride and nickel-cadmium batteries.
March 1, 2021 Battery demand to maintain elevated cobalt prices – report But increasing advances in cobalt-free and low-cobalt content batteries will pose a large threat to long-term demand and prices, Fitch 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
