December 20, 2018 Zambia tax hike to make most mines unprofitable, group says The effective tax rate will range from 86% to 105%, with about 27,900 jobs at risk - Zambia Chamber of Mines.
December 20, 2018 Eurasian Resources Group launches clean cobalt framework ERG recognises the urgent need for metal suppliers to commit to ensuring that cobalt is produced and sourced responsibly and sustainably and to support the efforts of its customers.
December 20, 2018 Clean TeQ’s Sunrise nickel-cobalt-scandium project gets green light Sunrise is one of the highest grade and largest nickel and cobalt deposits outside of Africa and one of the largest and highest grade scandium deposits in the world.
December 19, 2018 Havilah inks agreement for Australia’s largest undeveloped open pit copper-gold deposit The move brings the company one step closer to being granted a mining lease.
December 18, 2018 EV battery recycling – can it plug the gap? Uncertainty around future battery technologies and chemistries mean that 'future-proof' recycling technologies need to be developed.
December 18, 2018 Glencore billionaire among directors banned, fined by Canada The punishment from the OSC is a response to false accounting from Katanga that saw it overstate how much it mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2014.
December 17, 2018 Mawson progresses Rajapalot with maiden resource Mawson Resources says that its Rajapalot gold-cobalt project in Finland has plenty of room for expansion.
December 17, 2018 Canada Cobalt makes new find east of Castle mine The drill program east of the mine is targeted at high grade gold zones associated with a previously undiscovered major fault structure.
December 17, 2018 Only 13% of board members in the mining industry are women: Bedford When it came to analyzing named executive officers in mining firms, only 8% were women.
December 17, 2018 Explorex Resources begins drilling for cobalt in Canada’s New Brunswick The Canadian junior miner is taking advantage of a window of opportunity presented by a local drill company to complete two holes prior to the Christmas break.
Copper price heads toward $12,000 a ton as banks predict further gains With year-end approaching, copper on the London Metal Exchange is up nearly 40%, marking its biggest annual gain since 2009. December 22, 2025 | 07:00 am
