August 11, 2015 Thinking outside the commodity box: Benchmark’s investment primer for lithium, cobalt and graphite Simon Moores, managing director of London-based Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, and the firm's analyst, Andrew Miller, provide insight into minerals that they say need to shed their labels as traditional commodities…
August 5, 2015 CRA targeting mining-sector tax havens It’s an issue that the Canadians for Tax Fairness and the Liberal Party of Canada appear to be hoping to make a federal election issue.
June 25, 2015 Battery grade graphite set for record year China’s output of spherical graphite has continued to go from strength to strength in Q2 2015 on the back of strong lithium ion battery demand from Asia.
June 23, 2015 Paul Renken’s gold, graphite and REE names poised for gains In this interview with The Gold Report, Renken suggests some of his favorite graphite and rare earth names, as well as a handful of gold equity picks.
June 17, 2015 INFOGRAPHIC: Every Chinese overseas investment over $100m visualized Showing over 1,250 attempted transactions, this list includes both successful and failed attempts in order to visualize the ebb and flow of Chinese investments up until mid-2014.
June 9, 2015 Europe closes in on conflict minerals An annual list that reveals the names of mineral smelters that do not use raw materials linked with criminal gangs is at the heart of Europe’s push to clean up…
June 1, 2015 Three Australian miners Richard Karn believes are positioned for success When institutional capital eventually comes back to the sector, money will flow first to companies in or nearing production now.
May 19, 2015 GrafTech takeover zeros in on new energy & defence An affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management Inc has launched a takeover bid for GrafTech International Ltd, one of the world’s leading producers of steel electrodes and value-added graphite products.
May 8, 2015 China delays flake graphite restarts Much of China’s flake graphite production remains offline following a prolonged suspension of operations in many areas due to severe winter conditions.
April 27, 2015 Satellite images show Tesla’s Gigafactory ambitions Tesla will need to purchase at least 7,000 tonnes of spherical graphite, 5,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide, and 1,500 tonnes of cobalt in 2015 ready to begin production by January…
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