June 11, 2018

Wheaton Precious Metals, Cobalt 27 acquire cobalt stream from Vale for US$690M

"We see numerous similarities between cobalt and silver."

June 11, 2018

China’s CITIC grabs stake in Ivanhoe Mines for $560 million

CITIC Metal will own 20% of the Canadian miner, which makes its biggest shareholder.

June 10, 2018

Congo mining code regulations signed into law – aides

Code sets Congo on collision course with mining firms.

June 8, 2018

Northvolt begins building Europe’s largest lithium-ion battery plant

The battery cell maker is working on the first section of the factory, in Skellefteå in the north of Sweden, which will be completed in 2020 and produce eight gigawatt…

June 7, 2018

LME says plans to launch about 15 contracts from January 2019

The exchange said in March that any launch of a new cobalt contract would not be until the end of 2018 or early 2019.

June 7, 2018

Congo mining regulations to be signed into law on Friday — mines minister

Congo's prime minister wants to immediately implement the new mining code without any concessions to industry demands that key provisions be amended.

June 5, 2018

About 75,000 jobs to go in Germany’s auto industry because of EVs — study

The country's car industry currently employs about 840,000 people, with 210,000 of them working on powertrain production, the sub-sector set to be the worst hit.

June 4, 2018

Cobalt thrifting in EV batteries won’t dent price any time soon

Even best-case, mass early roll-out of new cobalt-light batteries won’t solve cobalt supply issues says new report.

June 1, 2018

Cobalt price: Congo production surges

Top supplier of battery raw material ups output 34% year on year.

June 1, 2018

Metal prices, financing, exploration and assays are all up

No longer under water.