December 10, 2018 Junior capitalization up 6% in year ended June 30 2018 was a relatively quiet year for the junior mining sector, we hope to see more of an upswing in 2019 - Dean Braunsteiner, national mining leader, PwC Canada
December 7, 2018 Vale doubles down on nickel ahead of EV revolution Vale needs to sort out once and for all its problem child, Goro, and keep its fingers crossed that Tsingshan's announcement is, for now at least, "just talk".
December 5, 2018 Vale, Glencore team up to explore near Sudbury A joint approach could allow for resources to be unlocked that would likely not otherwise be productive - Ricus Grimbeek, COO, Vale’s North Atlantic Operations and Asian Refineries
December 4, 2018 Vale to go it alone on $500m investment in New Caledonia nickel mine New Caledonia could be a very important part of our strategy to supply nickel, especially given the EV revolution.
December 4, 2018 Glasenberg eyes successor as Glencore readies new generation Glasenberg, a workaholic, straight-talking South African who has become the public face of the commodity trading industry, has led Glencore for nearly two decades.
December 4, 2018 BHP gets green light to develop nickel mine in Western Australia Using more nickel cuts costs by reducing the amount of expensive cobalt, a mainstay of current battery technology.
December 3, 2018 Trade truce lights fire under mining stocks Relief that an escalation in the trade war between the US and China has been avoided – at least for now – sparked a huge rally in mining stocks on…
December 3, 2018 Glasenberg says he’ll stay for 3 to 5 years: Glencore Update "When I go I hope it’ll be a 45-year-old who’ll take over," Glasenberg said
November 30, 2018 Moody’s sees weak lithium prices in 2020 due to projects frenzy Spot prices would be pushed down despite rapid demand growth from batteries for electric vehicles (EV) makers, the experts say.
November 30, 2018 Construction on $4B Indonesia EV battery project begins Jan 2019 – Minister Looking at its resources, Indonesia will become the main player in lithium batteries.
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