November 15, 2019 Corruption, child labor risk in Congo’s cobalt industry, OECD warns Child labor and human-rights abuses are common in small-scale mining sites in Congo.
November 14, 2019 American Manganese’s cathode recycling process yields high purity nickel-cobalt hydroxide The British Columbia-based company aims to begin engineering design and economic analysis of a 3-5 tonne per day commercial demonstration plant for 2020.
November 12, 2019 First Cobalt seeks government backing to restart Canadian refinery The plant, located about 373 miles from the US border in Cobalt, Ontario, would be the sole North American producer of refined cobalt for the electric vehicle market.
November 12, 2019 Cobalt hydroxide price up 55% in three months Chinese imports of cobalt hydroxide also up 28% in September quarter, but Benchmark says its not a fundamental uptick.
November 10, 2019 China Moly joins Huayou in Indonesia nickel project China Molybdenum Co said it planned to take an indirect 30% stake in the planned Huayue project.
November 8, 2019 Attack on Canadian miner in Burkina Faso threatens gold’s final frontier West Africa has long been considered a risky prospect where political instability, volatile tax regimes and tricky relations with small-scale miners weigh heavily on boardrooms.
November 7, 2019 Glencore strikes deal with Katanga over $5.8 billion rights issue Glencore, which owns approximately 86.3% of Katanga, had agreed to swap $5.8 billion in debt for equity, which will raise its stake further in the firm.
November 5, 2019 Mining tycoons lose challenge to UK bribery investigation UK judge ruling bolsters the Serious Fraud Office in one of its longest-running and most sensitive investigations
November 5, 2019 Trump administration to relax regulations on coal-ash pollution The EPA's proposal would unwind some of the requirements set in 2015 for treating toxic wastewater and ash discharge.
November 1, 2019 Trading firm Traxys agrees to cobalt marketing deal with Nornickel Russia's Nornickel produces about 5,000 tonnes of cobalt a year as a byproduct of nickel.
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