The number of artisanal miners killed by a landslide at a copper and cobalt mine run by Glencore in Congo rose to 43 on Friday and officials said the army would deploy at the mine as the search for more victims continued.
News ID: 4924 Publish Date : 2019/06/28
Canada’s DeepGreen Metals, a start-up planning to extract cobalt and other battery metals from small rocks covering the seafloor, has secured the bulk of the $150 million it needs to carry out its first feasibility studies.
News ID: 4796 Publish Date : 2019/06/10
A new report by FocusEconomics on the prospects of commodities this year and next paints a mixed picture. The survey of investment banks, institutions and research houses compiled by the Barcelona-based company has good news for long-suffering investors in uranium and silver
News ID: 4332 Publish Date : 2019/04/12
First Cobalt Corp aims to restart an idled cobalt refinery in Canada within two years and is in talks to supply the battery-grade product to four leading automakers, chief executive Trent Mell said on Wednesday.
News ID: 4317 Publish Date : 2019/04/11
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Lowell developed a technique that uses only water, carbon dioxide and cobalt metal particles that have surface nanostructures measuring billionths of a meter in size, to produce hydrogen on demand at relatively low temperature and pressure and to use to power the next generation of electric vehicles.
News ID: 4150 Publish Date : 2019/03/25
The London Metal Exchange (LME) is launching seven new cash-settled futures contracts on Monday, including hot-rolled coil (HRC) steel, alumina and cobalt, aiming to attract more business after profits fell last year.
News ID: 3990 Publish Date : 2019/03/12
Murchison Minerals (TSXV: MUR) announced this week that it is now the sole owner of the HPM nickel-copper-cobalt project in Québec, following its acquisition of Pure Nickel's 50% interest in the project.
News ID: 3882 Publish Date : 2019/03/07
Canada’s Explorex Resources (CSE: EX) announced that it wants to buy New Tech Minerals’ (CNSX: NTM) Buena Vista Hills cobalt – iron oxide – copper-gold project, located in Pershing County, Nevada.
News ID: 3839 Publish Date : 2019/03/04
A coalition of billionaires led by Bill Gates has thrown its financial weight behind a startup hoping to build a "Google Maps for the earth’s crust" to hunt for new sources of cobalt.
News ID: 3837 Publish Date : 2019/03/04
Cobalt prices were surging so much last year that thieves were carrying out elaborate heists at warehouses in Europe’s busiest port. Now, prices are in free fall and mining companies are taking the financial hit.
News ID: 3813 Publish Date : 2019/03/02
Last year saw perhaps less exuberance in the lithium sector. The muted response to the IPOs of industry majors Ganfeng and Livent (ex-FMC) probably best exemplified the lull in excitement. Meanwhile, stocks of already traded lithium companies also had a painful time of it in 2018.
News ID: 3513 Publish Date : 2019/01/31
Sherritt International Corp. has published its 2018 year end production numbers, some of which outstripped guidance and some of which fell short. The company also supplied guidance numbers for 2019.
News ID: 3481 Publish Date : 2019/01/29
Canadian junior Explorex Resources (CSE:EX) (OTC:EXPXF) has placed its plans to buy the Hautalampi cobalt, nickel and copper project in eastern Finland on the back burner because it won’t be able to secure the required funding in advance.
News ID: 3429 Publish Date : 2019/01/26
In its quest to become a niche supplier of cobalt, Global Energy Metals (GEMC:TSX.V) announced it has signed an agreement with Nevada Sunrise Gold Corp to acquire an 85% interest in the Lovelock cobalt mine and the Treasure Box project, located in Churchill County, Nevada.
News ID: 3356 Publish Date : 2019/01/22
Canada’s Cobalt 27 Capital (TSXV: KBLT)(OTCQX: CBLLF)(FRA: 27O) is tapping into the lithium sector by acquiring a royalty of 1.5% of gross revenues and A$2 per tonne of ore mined at the Mount Marion lithium project in Western Australia, the latest in a series of major deals the company has announced in less than a year.
News ID: 3199 Publish Date : 2019/01/08
Canadian junior miner Explorex Resources (CSE:EX) (OTC:EXPXF) said Monday that crews had been mobilized to initiate the maiden drill program at its cobalt-manganese base metals Kagoot Brook project, located in New Brunswick, Atlantic Canada.
News ID: 2973 Publish Date : 2018/12/18
Samsung SDI, South Korea’s leading battery maker, has unveiled plans to recycle cobalt from used mobile phones and develop lithium-ion batteries with minimum content of the metal, or no cobalt at all, as a way to offset soaring prices for the silver-grey commodity.
News ID: 1942 Publish Date : 2018/02/15
In the last 10 years, the mining industry has been on a roller-coaster, with commodity prices reaching both historic highs and lows, as well as operational realities shifting irrevocably in the face of a digital revolution.
News ID: 1907 Publish Date : 2018/02/07
Austrian specialty steel firm Boehler wants to buy cobalt in a year-long contract rather than buying monthly, two industry sources said on Friday, as rising demand from electric car makers has complicated its normal purchase patterns.
News ID: 1487 Publish Date : 2017/10/30