January 7, 2019

Canada’s Cobalt 27 goes after lithium with royalty acquisition

Cobalt 27 will put in about $9 million into a share of production at Mineral Resources and Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium's Mount Marion lithium project in Western Australia.

January 7, 2019

Pancontinental starts drilling Ontario nickel-cobalt-copper project

Pancon revealed that its objective for the initial phase of Montcalm’s program is to drill at least 4,500 metres to test a series of new conductor targets identified in 2018.

January 6, 2019

Congo election results delayed past Sunday deadline

Government has delayed the release of provisional results from last week’s presidential election as criticism of the country’s handling of the vote grew.

January 4, 2019

Top 3 reasons to avoid running project cost estimates in-house

There are real costs associated with conducting project cost estimates in-house.

January 4, 2019

Investment in cobalt is fraught with problems and is unlikely to bring about long-term dividends

Global demand for cobalt is rocketing, with the rate of annual increase now at 8-10%.

January 4, 2019

The mining world watches as Congo counts votes for next leader

The Democratic Republic of Congo is in uncharted waters as the nation awaits election results marking the end of President Joseph Kabila’s rule.

January 4, 2019

Congo slashes cobalt output estimate for Jan-Sept 2018

The revision means that output of cobalt rose 35.9 percent compared to the same period in 2017, rather than 92.5 percent as the bank said previously.

January 3, 2019

Zambia says mines have failed to show impact of higher taxes

The Chamber of Mines said that as a result of the changes, more than 58% of Zambia's copper producers would be loss-making at current prices.

January 2, 2019

Cobalt 27 to acquire ASX-listed Highlands Pacific

The acquisition, valued at $96 million, will increase Cobalt 27’s exposure to nickel through the Ramu nickel-cobalt mine in Papua New Guinea.

January 2, 2019

Blackwater founder launches fund to invest in electric car battery metals

The founder of the US private security company aims to raise as much as $500 million to invest in deposits of metals such as cobalt, lithium and copper.