BHP inks exploration deal with Gates and Bezos-backed Kobold Metals
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has struck a deal to use artificial intelligence tools developed by KoBold Metals, a start-up backed by a…
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LME launches digital sustainability passport for aluminum and other metals
The digital credential, known as the LMEpassport, stores electronic Certificates of Analysis (CoAs) or quality assurance documents based on a metal’s size, shape, purity and other characteristics.
Cobalt producers in a race to cover the growing supply gap – BofA report
The exponential demand growth for cobalt is placing pressure on producers to increase supplies to cover the growing supply gap as electric vehicle (EV) penetration…
Higher metal prices to push exploration budgets up in 2022, says S&P Global
S&P Global Market Intelligence’s pipeline activity index points to mineral exploration budgets increasing by 5% to 10% in 2022, metals and mining analyst William Mason…
Australian Mines signs nickel-cobalt offtake agreement with LG Energy Solution
Australian Mines (ASX: AUZ; US-OTC: AMSLF) has announced an offtake agreement with South Korea battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution for mixed nickel-cobalt hydroxide from its…
Tesla, Re|Source to launch final pilot in DRC to trace cobalt from mine to EVs
Blockchain-based program program is being tested in real operating conditions at multiple on-site pilots in DRC and Europe.
Gates-backed firm ties up with Bluejay on battery metals quest
KoBold Metals, a start-up backed by a coalition of billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, will pay $15m in exploration funding for project in Greenland
Sibanye-Stillwater to acquire Eramet’s Sandouville nickel processing facility in France
In its second acquisition in the battery metals space in six months, Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW), one of the world’s largest primary producers of platinum, palladium…
Bluejay Mining to sell projects in Finland for $7m
It has agreed to sell its Paltamo and Rautavaara nickel, zinc, copper and cobalt projects to battery metals miner Metals One.
Forecasts morph into reality as tech metals fundamentals heat up
The world is at the start of an exponential upswing in demand for the suite of technology metals as a global top-down push for the…
Key vulnerabilities in getting to net zero
In a recent report, the International Energy Agency warned that demand for critical minerals like copper, cobalt, lithium, nickel and rare earth elements needed for…
KPMG report shows industry optimism around ‘green’ metals, but flags ESG risks
As the world transitions to clean energy, rising demand for “green” metals is contributing to renewed optimism in the growth prospects for Canada’s mining industry,…