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.
December 13, 2017 This is how much copper, nickel, cobalt an electric vehicle world needs Glencore's all in to supply surging demand for copper, nickel and cobalt from electric vehicle boom but CEO Ivan Glasenberg has "zero interest" in lithium.
December 13, 2017 China’s Nanjing Hanrui can’t be sure its cobalt did not involve child labour Concerns about the sourcing of Yantai’s metal have reduced interest in the LME’s cobalt contract, trading sources said.
December 12, 2017 Shares in Toronto-listed Katanga Mining surge 50% on Congo mine restart Glencore's Toronto-listed Katanga Mining subsidiary set to produce nearly a third of world's cobalt, as prices of battery metal more than doubles.
December 12, 2017 Vale’s reality check for nickel’s electric vehicle dreams: Andy Home While "everyone knows there are great opportunities" for nickel in the EV sector, "prices are not there", according to Vale Chief Exec Fabio Schvartsman,
December 11, 2017 Cobalt 27 spree sends cobalt price to fresh 9-year high CEO Anthony Milewski: Cobalt 27’s stockpile of cobalt “is a way for investors to speculate on the price of cobalt, plain and simple.”
Copper price set for biggest annual gain since 2009 on supply bets The red metal has notched a series of all-time highs in an end-of-year surge, rallying over 40% on the London Metal Exchange this year. December 31, 2025 | 10:31 am
