Reduced cobalt electric car batteries delayed amid price fall
"Poorer life cycle, reduced safety and misrepresented relative cost savings are all major concerns for electric vehicle producers."
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Copper price: Ford recall puts EV charging infrastructure in spotlight
Carmaker recalls more than 50,000 electric vehicle chargers in North America, where aluminum often substitutes for domestic copper wiring, over fires.
Sibanye says union wage demands may lead to more closures
The country’s gold production fell for a ninth straight month in June as rising costs, aging infrastructure and accidents affect profit and output.
Tipping point? Inflation creep at Australia’s mines to erode margins
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China’s Sichuan Road to mine copper in Eritrea starting in 2019
The project, majority owned by a unit of Sichuan Road & Bridge, is a group of four deposits on the outskirts of the capital Asmara.
Floods hit festival gold buying in India
Demand for physical gold was modest in India this week as the top bullion consuming state of Kerala coped with floods, while interest for the metal remained lacklustre elsewhere in Asia as buyers awaited a dip in prices.
Chile’s lithium giant SQM sees prices falling further this year
But the world's second largest producer said they will remain higher than the average reached last year.
