April 12, 2018

Impact of electric cars in medium-term copper demand ‘overrated’, experts say

Increasing disposable income in emerging economies and the adoption of greener technologies, are the two factors to drive most of the expected increased demand in copper during the next five…

April 12, 2018

Critical Materials Institute research in tech metals expands with demand for electric vehicles

The lithium and cobalt research is part of a larger effort totaling 36 separate projects for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Innovation Hub.

April 12, 2018

‘Urban mining’ in S.Korea pulls rare battery materials from recycled tech

In 2016, the most recent year from which data is available, 19.6 trillion won ($18.38 billion) worth of metals were extracted from recycled materials.

April 10, 2018

Korea’s LG Chem to set up battery material JVs with China’s Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt

LG Chem to raise $224.8 mln by 2020 to set up two JVs.

April 10, 2018

Copper supply crunch earlier than predicted — experts

Copper production will peak in the second half of 2019, making a growing supply deficit much more real.

April 10, 2018

Vanadium batteries need Elon Musk moment to kick-start market

Vanadium needs a big player in the global battery market to get behind the metal to share center stage with other energy-storage components such as lithium.

April 10, 2018

Chile mulls revision to mining code

Authorities may consider potential revisions to the mining laws in order to make companies that already own concessions to work on them or else give them up.

April 9, 2018

Private capital flowing into mining on track for record year

The second largest ever private equity fund focused on mining closed in the first quarter – 13 funds aim to raise a further $4.9 billion in 2018.

April 9, 2018

Juniors struggle to compete with majors in exploration — Chile’s Mining Society

One of the main problems, says the head of Chile’s Mining Society, Diego Hernández, is miners have no incentives to do anything with the assets they already own and is…

April 9, 2018

Here are the firms feeding China’s battery revolution

Chinese companies are leading the way in securing the raw materials needed for a massive expansion in battery capacity.