April 12, 2018

‘Urban mining’ in S.Korea pulls rare battery materials from recycled tech

In 2016, the most recent year from which data is available, 19.6 trillion won ($18.38 billion) worth of metals were extracted from recycled materials.

April 10, 2018

Korea’s LG Chem to set up battery material JVs with China’s Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt

LG Chem to raise $224.8 mln by 2020 to set up two JVs.

April 10, 2018

Vanadium batteries need Elon Musk moment to kick-start market

Vanadium needs a big player in the global battery market to get behind the metal to share center stage with other energy-storage components such as lithium.

April 9, 2018

Here are the firms feeding China’s battery revolution

Chinese companies are leading the way in securing the raw materials needed for a massive expansion in battery capacity.

April 6, 2018

Canadian miner sells cobalt assets in Ontario

The claims are located in the Cobalt-Gowganda mining district.

April 6, 2018

Electric vehicles do not need to be poisonous

The rapid proliferation of poisons in a widening variety of applications requires better monitoring and control.

April 5, 2018

Och-Ziff deal isn’t final yet as judge weighs `victim’ Bid

An Och-Ziff unit is due to be sentenced after it pleaded guilty to participating in a bribery conspiracy to help acquire mining assets.

April 4, 2018

Trafigura signs three-year cobalt deal with Congo miner

Trafigura has already increased its foothold in nickel with an exclusive offtake agreement with Finland's Terrafame, that also produces zinc and cobalt.

April 2, 2018

Investment in Africa’s mining sector to rise: BMI

BMI presents the recent changes to the DRC’s mining code as an example of a situation that challenges all the parties involved, but that is very unlikely to cloud miners’…

March 29, 2018

Of all things molybdenum could crash cobalt, nickel price party

New lab discovery uses molybdenum to solve problems of lithium sulphur batteries, doing away with nickel and cobalt for cheaper, lighter, safer technology.