March 22, 2018 BMW mining deals shelved until EVs can be mass-produced The German luxury vehicle maker said mass production of EVs is not viable until 2020 when its proprietary electric drive technology is expected to be profitable enough.
March 21, 2018 Australian mining overseas: 50 key projects These are projects driven from Australia, involving an Australian mining company and (in most cases) an Australian engineering consultant.
March 19, 2018 This electric metal gem is up 55% in 2018 and investors have hardly noticed After BMO's star analyst published bullish research notes on vanadium in January (2018), the price of vanadium pentoxide (v2o5) went up another 55%.
March 19, 2018 Battery makers descend on Australia, Canada cobalt developers Nervous Asian battery makers are turning to early-stage cobalt projects in Australia and Canada to lock in supplies of the critical battery ingredient ahead of expected shortages as demand for…
March 17, 2018 Cobalt drilling quadruples in Q4 "No drilling, no discoveries, no reserves, no mines."
March 16, 2018 New Chile govt undecided on blocking SQM sale to China firms -official Chile development agency Corfo filed a complaint last week to block the sale of a 32% stake in SQM to China's Tianqi Lithium or any related entities.
March 16, 2018 Electric car dreams may be dashed by 2050 on lack of cobalt, lithium supplies German researchers say cobalt-free battery technologies — including post-lithium technologies based on non-critical elements — are the best way to avoid supply issues in the long term.
March 15, 2018 New study rips into cobalt, lithium price bulls "Significant surpluses" from next year to decimate prices says second bearish report on electric vehicle battery materials.
March 14, 2018 Canadian miner allowed to extract and export Chilean lithium The company now has an extraction quota of 88,885 metric tonnes of metallic lithium.
March 14, 2018 Canada’s First Cobalt buys US explorer, creates key supplier outside Congo The blended company will have projects in Ontario and Idaho which, once in operations, could be major cobalt suppliers for EVs makers and high tech firms.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
