February 7, 2023 Congo’s president wants new exploration for green energy metals “The goal is to discover new deposits that can be the subject of calls for bids, with a view to concluding mutually profitable public-private partnerships,” Felix Tshisekedi said.
February 7, 2023 ERG to spend $1.8 billion doubling African copper, cobalt output Currently, the company produces 200,000 tonnes of copper and 25,000 tonnes of cobalt annually at the mines across the central African copper belt.
February 6, 2023 Wood Mackenzie launches new analytics service covering entire EV supply chain EVBSC is the most comprehensive industry analysis of the supply chain for electric vehicles and battery materials.
February 6, 2023 Australian startup Recharge to buy failed Britishvolt Recharge Industries will simultaneously work on Britishvolt’s planned “gigafactory” in England and a plant in Australia.
January 31, 2023 Pope condemns “poison of greed” stoking conflict in Congo Pope Francis denounced the "poison of greed" for mineral resources driving conflict and exploitation.
January 27, 2023 Norway finds ‘substantial’ mineral resources on its seabed The Nordic country, a major oil and gas exporter, is considering whether to open its offshore areas to deep-sea mining.
January 26, 2023 Stillwater expands resource, nickel by more than half at Montana project The new inferred resource estimate raised tonnage by 62% compared with figures from 2021.
January 26, 2023 Glencore joins world’s first battery passport pilot The miner spearheaded the first pilot passport leveraging the ReSource platform in collaboration with its Kamoto Copper subsidiary LG Energy Solution and Tesla.
January 25, 2023 EU urges European banks to step up funding for critical minerals The EU is due to unveil its Critical Raw Materials Act on March 8 to secure the bloc's supply of critical raw materials.
January 22, 2023 The risks of plundering the periodic table Humans have been squeezing the periodic table for over a century. Scientists warn about the risks of doing so.
Chile regulator approves Codelco-SQM lithium deal hours after announcing audit The resolution comes hours after the top regulator announced it would launch an "unprecedented audit". December 19, 2025 | 03:13 pm
