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.
March 21, 2025 Gates-backed explorer makes play for Congo lithium deposit KoBold Metals has told the government of the DRC it wants to develop one of the world’s biggest hard rock lithium deposits.
March 20, 2025 China to add cobalt, copper to state metal reserves An effort to boost the resilience of critical minerals supply at time when energy transition demand is increasing and geopolitical tensions are running high.
March 20, 2025 Chinese state funding in mineral exploration on the rise: FT Since 2022, the nation as whole has devoted $13.8 billion to geological exploration annually.
March 19, 2025 Canadian opposition leader vows 6-month Ring of Fire OK in Ontario The Ring of Fire area in the province's northwest lies in a remote swampy region where only one venture is considered advanced -- the Eagle’s Nest project.
March 19, 2025 Congo plans cobalt export quotas, partnership with Indonesia to tackle glut The quotas will be enforced in two parts, one focusing on exports and the other on local mineral transformation.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
