March 5, 2018 Rush for cobalt, lithium as prices stay on the boil Electric vehicle boom sees number of companies exploring for lithium and cobalt tripling to 188 as budgets balloon according to new report.
March 5, 2018 UK firm pilots using blockchain to help BMW source ethical cobalt The competition is intensifying to use blockchain to try to eliminate battery minerals produced by child labour.
March 5, 2018 Global metals exploration anticipated to rise 20% in 2018 Global spending on the search for nonferrous metals rose to an estimated US$8.4 billion in 2017, compared with US$7.3 billion in 2016.
March 4, 2018 Commander and Fjordland announce $1.2 million exploration program in Labrador Their 29,400-hectare property is located in central Labrador, 80 kilometres south of Vale’s Voisey’s Bay Nickel mine
February 27, 2018 Canadian junior quadruples cobalt portfolio Secova Metals acquired 1151640 B.C. Ltd.
February 27, 2018 Agnico Eagle is reviewing cobalt assets after receiving interest In the interim, the company is still focused on its core business of building and running gold mines.
February 26, 2018 Russian billionaires risk “shootout” in battle over nickel giant After a five-year peace deal ended in December, the power struggle between two major Nornickel shareholders resurfaced earlier this month.
February 26, 2018 Freeport says no plans to sell Congo cobalt asset as buyers circle Freeport is looking at other options for the asset, including possibly a joint venture to develop the large cobalt project.
February 25, 2018 The EV future is here and already boosting earnings for miners “Look at what’s required over the next 50 years, 60 years, and known lithium on the planet, I don’t think it’s as much as everyone understands it to be.”
February 25, 2018 Nickel-copper-cobalt find vaults Vancouver junior to top of TSX-V ranking Garibaldi Resources beats out tech, energy, life sciences firms for Toronto market's annual crown with 2,351% market cap gain and 150m shares traded.
Gold price to glitter again next year despite biggest gain since 1979 Analysts at JP Morgan, Bank of America and Metals Focus now see bullion hitting $5,000 per troy ounce in 2026. December 17, 2025 | 08:56 am
