June 18, 2020

Tesla kills three birds with one Congolese stone

Not only has Elon Musk secured supplies of cobalt, he is also putting the squeeze on competitors like GM and Volkswagen.

June 18, 2020

Vale to resume operations at Voisey’s Bay in July

The Canadian open pit nickel mine and concentrator is expected to reach full capacity in August.

June 17, 2020

Congo mining revenue falls 20% on covid-19 impact

While revenues are down, production of copper and cobalt hasn’t been greatly affected by the pandemic.

June 17, 2020

Great Atlantic closer to becoming sole owner of three new properties in New Brunswick

The Vancouver-based miner made its 2020 option payments to vendors of the Kagoot Brook cobalt property, Glenelg vanadium property and Mascarene polymetallic property.

June 16, 2020

Tesla strikes deal to buy cobalt from Glencore for EV plants

The deal could involve Glencore supplying as much as 6,000 tonnes of the metal a year for lithium-ion batteries.

June 15, 2020

Charging points surge ahead of electric car boom

The number of publicly accessible charging points for electric vehicles (EV) jumped 60% in 2019.

June 12, 2020

Congo miners may breach rights with virus controls

Most of Congo’s mines have continued to operate amid the pandemic.

June 11, 2020

Should mining CEOs be concerned about ‘tech heads’?

Tech magnates have a growing interest in mining.

June 9, 2020

BloombergNEF forecasts 18% drop in electric vehicle sales

The group projects global EV sales to reach 26 million vehicles by 2030, 9% below its 2019 forecast.

June 8, 2020

Europe jumpstarts faltering electric vehicle revolution

Global new electric passenger sales are forecast to fall by 18% to 1.7 million this year.