Car battery pioneer says new breakthrough will lower cobalt use
The technique could lower cobalt content to as little as 4 percent of battery cathodes, from about 20 percent needed in some now.
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Oil bulls best hope nothing messes with Texas: Liam Denning
Oil bulls should pause, because when it comes to growth in demand, Texas is pretty much the whole story.
Canadian miners’ performance in Q3 hit by lower metal prices
EY’s Canadian Mining Eye index — which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior mining companies — dropped 12 percent in the third quarter of the year when compared to the previous three-month period.
China Minmetals signs 20m tonnes iron ore purchase agreement with Brazil’s Vale
The state-owned metals and mineral trading firm also signed a 2,400 tonne nickel briquette purchase agreement with Japan's Sumitomo Corp.
October inflows to gold-backed ETFs up as investors hedged risk -WGC
Worst October since the 2008 financial crisis.
European automakers BMW, Volvo to trial new LME steel contracts
Industry sources say automaker interest bodes well for the contracts, but new contracts usually take years to gain traction and a lack of interest from steelmakers could slow the process.
Tahoe Resources loss less then forecast but wider than last year
With environmental and indigenous opponents of Tahoe's Escobal mine vowing it will never again produce silver, analysts are expecting the company to post its fifth consecutive quarterly loss on Tuesday.
Randgold ready to mediate in Acacia’s Tanzania row before Barrick tie-up
Bristow, who will be CEO of the merged firm, did not give specifics about what that mediation would involve, but said he would be acting in his capacity as Randgold's chief executive not as the head of Barrick.
US Supreme Court mostly in favour of Virginia’s uranium mining ban
The country's top court has given a rather favourable reception to a Virginia law that bans mining at the nation’s largest known uranium deposit