April 20, 2020

Far North Snapshot: Eight companies exploring the frontiers

As existing deposits and mines are advanced, companies are looking for new frontiers to secure their long-term production and growth.

April 17, 2020

Congo enacts plan to blunt virus impact as cobalt exports slump

Country will begin an information campaign for hundreds of thousands of hand-miners to offset the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

April 16, 2020

CHART: China’s stranglehold on electric car battery supply chain

China has not only shoved aside the US for rare earths, cobalt, graphite and lithium production – new study shows it controls 93% of world's manganese going into EVs.

April 15, 2020

Zambia plans to revoke Glencore’s Mopani licenses

Mopani's chief executive Nathan Bullock detained at Lusaka airport.

April 15, 2020

First Cobalt expands Idaho property by 50%

The Iron Creek project is one of the few primary cobalt deposits in America.

April 15, 2020

Bluejay Mining grows Greenland footprint

The company has been granted two exploration licenses surrounding its Kangerluarsuk zinc-lead-silver project.

April 15, 2020

American Manganese, Voltabox recycle li-ion batteries

Voltabox wants a recycling solution for its end-of-life battery system.

April 12, 2020

Glencore copper mine in Congo sends 350 contractors home

Glencore's Katanga Mining sent 350 workers to be repatriated after the miner delayed the commissioning of an acid plant.

April 7, 2020

Canada Nickel discovers palladium-platinum zone at Crawford

Five holes intersected this zone, returning intercepts that include 7.5 metres of 1.7 g/t palladium and platinum.

April 7, 2020

Glencore to shut Zambia copper mines

The company is said to have declared force majeure at its Mopani Copper Mines.