January 10, 2018 Electric cars market threatened by potential cobalt tax hike in Congo The nation, responsible for about two thirds of global output, plans to increase tax on cobalt to 5% from 2%.
January 9, 2018 Congo’s Gécamines urges Gov’t to revise 16-year-old mining code The World Bank-supported mining legislation was introduced to attract investment into copper and cobalt projects from global miners including Glencore Plc, Freeport-McMoRan Inc. and China Molybdenum Co. Gécamines claims country…
January 8, 2018 Canadian junior plunges ahead with three cobalt projects in B.C. Vancouver-based Cruz Cobalt is ready to kick off an airborne work program at its three B.C.-based properties amid high prices for the commodity
January 5, 2018 CHARTS: Big mining’s surge in value shames tech giants The mining cycle turned two years ago – gains for the sector's largest companies have far outpaced stocks like Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook since.
January 4, 2018 Cobalt price bulls’ worst fears may just have been confirmed Breakthrough discovery backed by the US government replaces cobalt with iron in lithium-ion batteries – enabling much cheaper, longer lasting batteries.
December 26, 2017 Independence Resources to sell gold, silver and cobalt-bearing property The property is located in the historic Orofino Mining District of Deer Lodge County, Montana.
December 20, 2017 Trump signs order to boost U.S. production of critical minerals President Donald Trump signed an executive order to reduce dependency of critical minerals used in everything from batteries to phones.
December 19, 2017 Lithium companies raise US$42 million in October Gold miners closed $163M, about two-thirds of total money raised in October.
December 15, 2017 BMW throws fuel on cobalt, lithium fire: ‘we’ll need 10x as much’ “We’ve been intensively focusing on how to manage future cobalt supply for a year now. Before, it wasn’t clear just how quickly demand will accelerate.”
December 15, 2017 Australia cobalt rush accelerates on electric vehicle demand, DRC troubles Australia, home to world's second-biggest cobalt reserves, is seeing rush of interest in projects from makers of the batteries used in electric vehicles.
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