June 4, 2020 German auto stimulus to boost VW’s electric push Buyer incentives for passenger cars, including a lowering of value added tax to 16% from 19% were included as part of a 130 billion euro stimulus.
June 2, 2020 Chinese battery breakthrough needn’t worry cobalt price bulls Svolt's new cobalt-less battery technology has long road ahead, says Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.
June 2, 2020 Atlantic Nickel’s Santa Rita marks Q1 milestones The mine is on track to ramp up to 105,000 tonnes by the end of 2020.
June 1, 2020 Outotec to deliver copper solvent extraction technology to the DRC Outotec has been awarded a contract by Sicomines, a joint-venture of companies from China and the DRC.
May 29, 2020 Canada Nickel grows Main and East zones at Crawford The drill highlights include 38 metres of 0.37% nickel and 0.17 g/t PGMs within a 315-metre interval.
May 26, 2020 Sienna to acquire EMX’s Ni-Cu-Co-PGE project in Finland Both Sienna and EMX are focusing their efforts in northern Europe.
May 26, 2020 New Century eyes Vale’s New Caledonia mine The zinc miner plans to buy 95% of Vale's assets on the Pacific island.
May 24, 2020 Workers at China Moly’s Congo mine end one-day strike over covid-19 The workers agreed on a compromise with management over compensation for working in isolation for two months due to the covid-19 pandemic.
May 22, 2020 China Moly’s Congo copper-cobalt mine expects stable output this year In 2019 Tenke Fungurume produced 177,956 tonnes of copper and 16,098 tonnes of cobalt.
May 22, 2020 InoBat acquires massive factory to make client-customised EV batteries The facility is expected to be the first in the world to produce batteries to specifications of the vehicle manufacturer, rather than selling from a catalogue.
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