June 17, 2024

Chilean Cobalt gets $317 million funding support from EXIM Bank

The loan is expected to fund development efforts within the mining concessions that comprise the La Cobaltera cobalt-copper project.

June 17, 2024

Cornish Metals to sell Nickel King asset

Cornish Metals will stay involved in the nickel-copper-cobalt property's potential success while concentrating on its South Crofty tin project.

June 14, 2024

Congo’s Gecamines threatens to intervene in sale of cobalt firm

The DRC’s state miner said it will need to approve any acquisition of cobalt producer Chemaf Resources if the new owner wants to take over a key mining permit.

June 14, 2024

Tesla shareholders vote no on deep sea mining moratorium

Earlier this month, General Motors Co. investors rejected a similar proposal.

June 13, 2024

Ivanhoe Electric refutes Ma’aden share sale claims

Ivanhoe said Saudi Arabia's Ma’aden, its 50/50 partner in the Middle East, has no intention to sell its shares in the US company.

June 12, 2024

The Metals Company, SGS make world’s first cobalt sulphate from seafloor nodules

In April, TMC and SGS produced the world’s first nickel sulphate directly from seafloor polymetallic nodules.

June 10, 2024

Premium Nickel upsizes Botswana financing to $20 million

The upsized financing represents nearly double the initial offering amount.

June 10, 2024

Electra gets Canadian gov’t funding for critical minerals recycling project

The company is accelerating the next phase of its recycling project to demonstrate that its hydrometallurgical black mass process is scalable, profitable, and can be implemented at other locations.

June 10, 2024

Ditching noble metals improves efficiency of zinc-air batteries

A new metal-nitrogen-carbon catalyst for zinc-air batteries has proven to outperform noble metal catalysts.

June 7, 2024

American Creek shares soar on Cunningham’s 20% Treaty Creek buy bid 

Treaty Creek, in the Golden Triangle region of northwest British Columbia, is a joint venture project with Tudor Gold and Teuton Resources.