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Investors should focus on battery materials, not EVs – Blackstone Resources CEO

The electric vehicle (EV) revolution will first emerge as a mixture of differing technologies, powered by an ever-evolving battery-metal-mix of cathodes.

Fast Markets | September 16, 2018 | 8:00 am

How Anglo quietly built a commodity trader in Glencore’s shadow

In just five years, Anglo assembled marketing operations that now sell more metals than the company produces.

Bloomberg News | September 16, 2018 | 7:46 am

Top platinum mines keep digging even as price at decade low

Although about half of South African output is estimated to be unprofitable, few companies are reducing production by a meaningful amount.

Bloomberg News | September 15, 2018 | 1:33 pm

Barrick Gold seeks Chinese partners, may slash headcount: Globe

The Canadian miner may slash 400 jobs and involve Chinese partners in its troubled Tanzania operations.

Bloomberg News | September 15, 2018 | 1:20 pm

Nexa says to invest $1.17 bln in Peru, Brazil in five years

About $816 million will be invested in Peru, including $555 million in copper projects and $216 million in zinc.

Reuters | September 15, 2018 | 1:06 pm

Congo will declare cobalt and other minerals as “strategic” in coming days – mines minister

The government considers minerals with the "strategic" designation important for the economic, social and industrial future of the country.

Reuters | September 15, 2018 | 12:56 pm

The world needs nuclear energy for EVs

The warming of our planet and the electrification of our energy system, which for the past century has been based on the production of fossil fuels.

Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd | September 14, 2018 | 11:13 am

Spain’s nuclear watchdog requests more info on Berkeley uranium mine

The project, which would become the European Union's only open-cast uranium mine if given the go-ahead, has faced local opposition since it was proposed.

Reuters | September 14, 2018 | 10:52 am