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.
March 13, 2018 VW just gave Tesla a $25 billion battery shock The world’s largest carmaker will equip 16 factories to produce electric vehicles by the end of 2022, compared with three currently.
March 13, 2018 Chile attempts to block China from prize lithium asset Chile development agency Corfo has asked antitrust regulators to block the sale of a 32 percent stake in Chilean lithium company SQM to a Chinese firm on the grounds it would give…
March 12, 2018 Over 37% of Bolivia’s population benefiting from the mining sector. Ross Beaty, Chairman of Pan American Silver and Pablo Guzman, Bolivian Ambassador in Canada, provided opening remarks highlighting the importance of silver mining in Bolivia and positive relations between Canada…
March 9, 2018 Chile files complaint to block sale of SQM shares to Chinese companies Chile’s antitrust regulator FNE will need to review the complaint.
March 9, 2018 Chile says companies to invest $754 mln in lithium industry Chile's Molymet and China's Sichuan Fulin Industrial Group were selected in a bidding process to develop technology focused on the lithium market.
March 9, 2018 Chile approves increase in lithium quota for Albemarle Albemarle has said it could invest $1 billion in Chile over the next five years if the plan was approved.
Northern Star climbs to record high as first-half profit surges 49% The gold miner reported underlying net profit after tax of A$759.8 million ($541 million) for the half year ended December 31. February 11, 2026 | 03:33 pm
