July 10, 2019 Surge in battery nickel use is more bad news for cobalt price Cobalt light electric vehicle battery deployment around the globe doubled in May.
July 10, 2019 VW to deepen alliances with battery suppliers for electric push VW has said it will buy 50 billion euros worth of battery cells and has identified Sweden’s Northvolt, South Korea’s SKI, LG Chem and Samsung SDI, as well as China’s…
July 10, 2019 Saudi Arabia expands reach of $28bn fund to energy, mining The changes greatly extend the purview of the Saudi Industrial Development Fund, which previously only provided financing to local manufacturing businesses.
July 9, 2019 Gold-backed ETF holdings grow at fastest pace in seven years Global holdings in gold-backed ETFs and similar products grew by 127 tonnes (equivalent to $5.5 billion in inflows) in June.
July 9, 2019 CHART: Make money in resources? Invest privately Private capital invested in natural resources a decade ago returned 41% – S&P Natural Resources Index hardly broke even.
July 9, 2019 Nyrstar extends stoppage at Port Pirie smelter until late July Port Pirie produced 160,000 tonnes of lead metal last year, down 7% from the previous year.
July 8, 2019 Mining energy snapshot: Eight juniors active in world’s uranium hotspots While uranium oxide prices continue to drift in the doldrums, several uranium companies have still raised a bit of money to explore and carry out modest programs.
July 8, 2019 The US and Europe are getting more anxious about EV battery shortages More than a dozen parties have reportedly expressed interest in taking up a stake in Clean TeQ’s Sunrise nickel-cobalt-scandium project.
July 7, 2019 Beryllium pellets could be key to achieving stable fusion reactions Scientists are seeking to replicate fusion on Earth for a virtually inexhaustible supply of power to generate electricity.
July 5, 2019 Slow transition to electric fells BMW’s CEO after just one term As Harald Krueger puzzled over how to reinvent BMW for the electric age, it was almost a year before he presented his strategic vision — which was a bust.
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