First Cobalt to expand Ontario refinery and widen focus, plans name change
The refinery expansion is part of the company's four-phase strategy to create a Battery Materials Park in the region.
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Global carmakers now target $515 billion for EVs, batteries
Global automakers are amping up investments aimed at weaning car buyers away from fossil fuels and meeting increasingly tough decarbonization targets.
Vedanta unit sees global sustainability focus boosting zinc use
The company expects refined zinc and lead production of 980,000 to 990,000 tonnes this fiscal year.
King sinks Impala plan to create world’s no. 1 platinum firm
The investment arm of the Bafokeng nation switched sides at the last minute to back a bid for its stake in RBPlat from Northam.
Value of battery metals in new electric cars set new record
MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index hit a new all-time monthly high as lithium, nickel and cobalt prices continue to rise.
Steppe Gold secures $65 million to fast-track ATO Phase 2 build
A recent feasibility study details a further two years at the producing oxide phase and a 10.5-year expansion.
Egypt’s Sawiris looks to battery metals, awaits nod on gold concessions
Sawiris changed the structure of his gold mining company La Mancha this summer to bring other investors into the $1.4 billion fund.
BHP extends Noront bid deadline amid talks with Wyloo
Move buys BHP and Wyloo more time for discussions over the takeover of Canada's Noront Resources progress.
Lithium rush has 57 firms sniffing around Chilean contracts
While the bidding process is still in an initial phase, authorities expect to have news on the contracts later this year.
