March 27, 2025 Deep-sea mining scars remain after 40 years, but life returning Scientists returned to a 1979 Pacific Ocean mining test site, revealing long-term sediment changes and mixed impacts on deep-sea life.
March 26, 2025 Earth AI unveils six new mineral prospects in Australia The prospects in New South Wales and the Northern Territory were identified by using AI and they contain tungsten, cobalt and gold.
March 25, 2025 NYSE-parent plans to launch battery metals derivatives this year Intercontinental Exchange plans to launch derivatives in nickel, cobalt and lithium spodumene in London later this year.
March 25, 2025 EU selects 47 strategic projects to secure critical minerals access The list supports the 2024 Critical Raw Material Act, which boosts the EU access to key metals and minerals.
March 24, 2025 Electra receives federal financial commitment for North America’s first cobalt sulfate refinery The refinery is located in the town of Temiskaming Shores in Northern Ontario.
March 24, 2025 CHART: Top 20 automakers by battery metal spending BYD’s battery metals bill was $1 billion below Tesla despite selling 2 million more EVs while GM’s per EV costs are the highest in the industry.
March 24, 2025 Congo may extend cobalt export suspension, president says After the four-month suspension is up, “a thorough assessment will be conducted," says President Felix Tshisekedi.
March 21, 2025 Top cobalt miner CMOC posts record earnings on rising output The miner reported net income jumped 64% to 13.5 billion yuan last year, beating analysts’ estimates.
March 21, 2025 Trafigura-backed Congo cobalt miner scraps sale to Chinese firm Chemaf has informed creditors that a proposed takeover by a unit of Chinese state-owned arms manufacturer Norinco won’t go ahead.
March 21, 2025 US-Congo minerals, security talks in early stages, minister says President Felix Tshisekedi has dangled his country’s resources as a way to attract support from US President Donald Trump’s administration.
Argentina’s cradle of Malbec wine is warming up to copper mining The San Jorge copper-gold project, controlled by Zug-based Zonda Metals, would be a first for Mendoza. December 18, 2025 | 10:49 am
