April 16, 2018

Chinese investors key as cobalt price hits month low

Cobalt27 CEO lines up Chinese automaker deals, ponders HK listing: “There is a lot of interest and it is natural because it is where all this will happen”.

April 15, 2018

Australian miner sells nickel tenements for $1.55 million

The tenements are within the Leinster Nickel Project, located in granites and greenstones of the Achaean Kalgoorlie Terrane.

April 12, 2018

‘Urban mining’ in S.Korea pulls rare battery materials from recycled tech

In 2016, the most recent year from which data is available, 19.6 trillion won ($18.38 billion) worth of metals were extracted from recycled materials.

April 11, 2018

Botswana’s Tati Nickel Mine out of liquidation after court ruling

When it was placed under liquidation, Tati had incurred a cumulative loss of 1.6 billion pula ($165 million) and owed creditors one billion pula.

April 10, 2018

Australia’s South32 to appeal damages ruling in Colombia

The court accepted as valid arguments and evidence presented by community leaders who claimed that waste emissions from South32’s Cerro Matoso nickel mine caused skin, lung and heart problems to…

April 9, 2018

Canadian miner A-OK despite U.S. sanctions against Russian companies

Despite analysts predicting that sanctions against Oleg Deripaska may cause a turmoil in the mining world, Kinross made an effort today to stand clear from such possibility.

April 9, 2018

Private capital flowing into mining on track for record year

The second largest ever private equity fund focused on mining closed in the first quarter – 13 funds aim to raise a further $4.9 billion in 2018.

April 9, 2018

Here are the firms feeding China’s battery revolution

Chinese companies are leading the way in securing the raw materials needed for a massive expansion in battery capacity.

April 6, 2018

Sanctions on Russian tycoon Deripaska will create global ripples

Deripaska is the main owner of the conglomerate EN+, which in turn is the co-owner of some of the world's biggest metals producers.

April 6, 2018

Electric vehicles do not need to be poisonous

The rapid proliferation of poisons in a widening variety of applications requires better monitoring and control.