November 10, 2017

Finnish nickel producer, Trafigura tap electric vehicle boom

Trafigura Group provides $200m in funding to Finland's Terrafame nickel mine, which plans to start producing material for electric vehicle batteries by 2020.

November 7, 2017

Chinese battery maker CATL eyeing upstream cobalt investments

China needs to ease its reliance on the Democratic Republic of Congo.

November 6, 2017

Glencore’s big Congolese bet carries plenty of risk

Journalists shed more light on Glencore's activities in Congo, including 2009 loan to entity affiliated with controversial Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler.

November 6, 2017

Congo mining output rises, central bank warns of inflation risk

Rising mining production should help ease some of the economic problems in Congo where inflation is expected to hit 48 percent this year.

November 2, 2017

BHP aims for more copper, oil; steers away from EV minerals

BHP CCO Balhuizen says while 2017 marks "tipping point" for EVs entering mainstream of metals demand forecasting, in terms of sales mass move is further off.

November 1, 2017

BHP to step up copper exploration, expansions to meet electric vehicles sector’s rising demand

World's biggest miner is getting ready to provide enough copper for the 140 million electric cars forecast by 2035.

October 30, 2017

Electric cars yet to turn cobalt market into gold mine – Nornickel

Prices for cobalt metal, used in production of electric vehicle batteries, have tripled to nine-year peaks above $30 a pound from below $10 a pound in late 2015.

October 27, 2017

Unit of Austria’s Voestalpine seeks year-long cobalt deal in race for supply

Demand for cobalt is expected to soar in coming years as governments battle pollution and more electric cars are built.

October 24, 2017

Juniors oppose Barrick’s plans to turn an old mine into a ski resort

"Barrick must be stopped!", a junior miner wrote.

October 22, 2017

China’s Jinchuan eyes new nickel, cobalt project to tap electric vehicle boom

China’s top nickel producer, will next year start building a new project in Guangxi that will produce raw materials for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, its chairman said, looking to tap…