October 27, 2020 RANKED: Top 20 mining companies – capital raised in 2020 Gold miners dominate the list, but metallurgical coal and phosphate rock companies rank number two and five, respectively.
October 26, 2020 Orocobre suspends operations at Olaroz amid covid-19 cases Operations are expected to recommence early this week and the stoppage is not expected to materially affect operational nor financial results.
October 23, 2020 Why building an electric car is so expensive, for now Batteries can make up a third of a vehicle’s cost.
October 23, 2020 Biden campaign tells miners it supports domestic production of EV metals Biden supports bipartisan efforts to foster a domestic supply chain for lithium, copper, rare earths, nickel and other strategic materials.
October 21, 2020 Cobalt, nickel price rally lifts EV Metal Index to 2020 high Cobalt prices are up 30% this year and nickel has rebounded from its pandemic lows, powering the MINING.COM EV Metal Index to $1.2 billion so far this year.
October 21, 2020 Over $1 trillion needed for energy transition metals In a new report, Wood Mackenzie says governments across the world are using stimulus packages to accelerate their decarbonisation journeys.
October 16, 2020 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week BHP says Chinese coal customers have made deferment requests; Newcrest approves Cadia’s expansion; Newmont CEO not interested in returning to Rio Tinto.
October 15, 2020 Chile’s glacier protection bill faces new delays If approved in its current form, it would force Codelco to shut El Teniente and Andina copper mines.
October 13, 2020 Australian firm tiptoes into battery making with country’s first plant Energy Renaissance plans to invest $20-million to build a plant in Tomago, in the state of New South Wales, initially producing 66 MWh a year of batteries.
October 13, 2020 Cornish Lithium gets $5m funding boost for UK project The sum is more than twice the original target of £1.5 million (about $2m).
Indonesia may slash nickel output to steady prices The Indonesian government is proposing a 34% reduction in production from this year’s total to 250 million tonnes next year. December 17, 2025 | 08:20 am
