November 25, 2020 Mexico mulls reviving plans for nature reserve in mining district Proposal seeks to set a semi-arid desert biosphere reserve covering 2.58Mha across eight municipalities of the Zacatecas state.
November 23, 2020 Trafigura inks cobalt deal with DRC artisanal miners Agreement with the Congolese government will help improve conditions at informal mine sites in return for cobalt supplies.
November 23, 2020 Giga Metals files PEA for Turnagain nickel project Turnagain is considered one of the largest undeveloped sulphide nickel deposits in the world.
November 20, 2020 Biden easing up on Cuba would boost Canadian miner, CEO says Sherritt was pushed to the brink during Trump’s tenure; its market value sunk to a record $22.8 million in March.
November 19, 2020 Fastmarkets, CME to launch cash-settled cobalt futures contract The contract is scheduled to launch December 14.
November 19, 2020 Volkswagen joins cobalt group supporting artisanal DRC miners Pilot project intends to strengthen legal compliance and improve health and safety conditions in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
November 18, 2020 EV Metal Index rockets to record high on cobalt, nickel price, use Booming global electric car sales and growth in battery capacity lift MINING.COM EV Metal Index to monthly record and wipe out 2020 pandemic losses.
November 18, 2020 State purchases drive up cobalt metal prices in China Traders say China has already stockpiled between 5,000 and 7,000 tonnes of cobalt metal.
November 18, 2020 Luxembourg to set up Europe space mining centre Luxembourg aims to become Europe's space mining hub.
November 17, 2020 Billionaire Gertler buys royalty rights in Congo cobalt project At full capacity, the three mines obliged to pay royalties to Gertler companies could produce half of total global output in 2019.
Korea Zinc’s plan to build US smelter would benefit South Korea, minister says Korea Zinc unveiled a plan to build a $7.4 billion critical minerals refinery in Tennessee that will be funded largely by Washington. December 17, 2025 | 07:28 am
