December 15, 2017 The rise and fall of a mining company that tried to buy Harrods From Cecil Rhodes’s legacy in southern Africa to takeover battles gripping the British public and a massacre at one of its mines, the 106-year-old epic that’s Lonmin risks entering its…
December 15, 2017 BMW throws fuel on cobalt, lithium fire: ‘we’ll need 10x as much’ “We’ve been intensively focusing on how to manage future cobalt supply for a year now. Before, it wasn’t clear just how quickly demand will accelerate.”
December 15, 2017 Bacanora Minerals Ltd strategic cornerstone investor & offtake agreement NextView Capital agreed to acquire a 19.89% equity interest in Bacanora via placement of 32,976,635 common shares in the Company at 94.53 $1.26 per share.
December 14, 2017 Chile politics put Potash in tight spot on SQM stake sale There is a lot at stake for Potash Corp, which purchased its interest in SQM piecemeal a decade ago and could stand to earn billions in the transaction.
December 13, 2017 This is how much copper, nickel, cobalt an electric vehicle world needs Glencore's all in to supply surging demand for copper, nickel and cobalt from electric vehicle boom but CEO Ivan Glasenberg has "zero interest" in lithium.
December 12, 2017 Vale’s reality check for nickel’s electric vehicle dreams: Andy Home While "everyone knows there are great opportunities" for nickel in the EV sector, "prices are not there", according to Vale Chief Exec Fabio Schvartsman,
December 11, 2017 Canadian junior to acquire five lithium projects Azincourt says the 6,000-hectare land package included in its agreement with New Age Metals represents the largest mineral claim holdings of projects for the lithium group or type of minerals…
December 11, 2017 Small Canadian miners in pole position for electric vehicle battery boon Canadian developers of cobalt and lithium mines stand to benefit from a round of investments from the makers of EVs and the batteries powering them.
December 7, 2017 Potash CEO meets with Chilean government amid stake sale On Thursday, Potash Corp CEO Jochen Tilk met with authorities in Chile as the company tries to divest its minority stake in lithium miner SQM.
December 5, 2017 Electric charge: Glencore bets big on car battery metals Glencore has increased production of the metals used to make electric car batteries faster than its major mining rivals, according to an industry-wide analysis that shows the scale of a…
Namib Minerals to restart mothballed Zimbabwe gold mine in February Redwing currently has an estimated 2.5 million ounces of gold and is the largest resource base in the group's Zimbabwean portfolio. December 19, 2025 | 07:08 am
