December 15, 2017 Natixis bank broadens metals fraud lawsuit, targets Glencore unit French bank Natixis has broadened its $32 million lawsuit over fraudulent receipts for nickel stored at warehouses in Asia by adding a unit of commodities giant Glencore as a defendant,…
December 15, 2017 Australia cobalt rush accelerates on electric vehicle demand, DRC troubles Australia, home to world's second-biggest cobalt reserves, is seeing rush of interest in projects from makers of the batteries used in electric vehicles.
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 13, 2017 Glencore is the tempting devil sat on mining’s shoulder: Gadfly Uniquely among its peers, Glencore derives a substantial slice of its earnings from trading commodities, rather than producing them.
December 13, 2017 Want to make money in industrial metals next year? Ask China how Base metals were hot this year with zinc, copper and aluminum among leaders, climbing between 15% and 23%. What about 2018? Analysts say China will know.
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 Cobalt 27 spree sends cobalt price to fresh 9-year high CEO Anthony Milewski: Cobalt 27’s stockpile of cobalt “is a way for investors to speculate on the price of cobalt, plain and simple.”
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 8, 2017 Vale to mothball New Caledonia mine if no stake buyers found, CEO says The future of New Caledonia mine is considered a key test for CEO Schvartsman, who pledged to improve shareholder returns.
December 8, 2017 Vale aims to halve debt to $10bn by 2019 The company also said is ready to shut Caledonia mine mid-next year if it has not found a strategic partner ready to buy a 20 to 40% stake in the…
Capstone Copper faces strike at Mantoverde mine in Chile Output is expected to run at up to 30% of normal levels during the stoppage, it said. January 02, 2026 | 07:53 am
