July 22, 2019

Brumadinho dam disaster shrinks Vale iron ore output 34%

The drop to 64.057 million tonnes came as several major operations remained fully or partially shut down in the second quarter following a deadly dam burst at the Corrego do…

July 18, 2019

Indonesian mining giant to spend billions to avert metal imports

State-owned PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium will earmark as much as $10 billion over the next five years to develop refineries and smelters.

July 18, 2019

Nickel price catches battery, export ban fever. Again

Devil's copper hits year high, up 37% in 2019.

July 18, 2019

Indonesia will enforce 2022 ban on raw mineral ore exports

Indonesia stopped exports of raw ore such as nickel, bauxite and concentrates of other minerals from 2014 to 2016.

July 17, 2019

Lithium price: Tesla now sells 22% of world’s battery power

The Model 3 alone represented 16% of electric vehicle battery capacity deployed globally in May.

July 12, 2019

American Manganese’s lithium-ion battery recycling technology achieves high purity

The company reported achieving 99.88% purity in its production of NMC cathode material.

July 11, 2019

RNC Minerals moves closer to Dumont project construction

Based on the technical report, the project contains the second largest nickel reserve in the world.

July 10, 2019

Surge in battery nickel use is more bad news for cobalt price

Cobalt light electric vehicle battery deployment around the globe doubled in May.

July 10, 2019

Development snapshot: Eight juniors looking to supply the electric vehicle revolution

While the prices for key battery minerals have so far been subdued in 2019, the general excitement about the future wide adoption of EVs continues to fuel activity.

July 9, 2019

CHART: Make money in resources? Invest privately

Private capital invested in natural resources a decade ago returned 41% – S&P Natural Resources Index hardly broke even.