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…
December 7, 2017 Biggest iron ore miner threatens to flood market if prices surge Brazil's Vale is prepared to unleash as much as 50 million metric tons of spare capacity to balance the market if prices get too high.
December 6, 2017 Vale expects to sell up to $1.5 bln in non-core assets through 2020 The Brazilian miner revealed these expectations in a presentation to investors in New York on Wednesday.
December 5, 2017 Glencore, Canadian teachers launch mining royalty firm BaseCore Metals will be independently operated and have its own board of directors.
December 5, 2017 Indonesia to grab Rio Tinto stake in Grasberg mine After pumping billions into the Indonesian mine for almost 25 years, Rio might be able to see a decent return as the country’s government plans to acquire the miner’s 40%…
December 4, 2017 Rio Tinto appoints one of its own as the company’s new chairman After a nine-month search, the miner has picked the current leader of the remuneration committee, Simon Thompson, to assume the post in March 2018.
November 30, 2017 Four charts show why cobalt supply is tightening Cobalt is rarely found in high concentrations and is mostly produced as a byproduct of copper and nickel.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
