Technology Metals Snapshot: Eight juniors with properties to watch
With demand for electric vehicles, batteries, and greener energy storage options expected to rise in the years ahead, many juniors are on the hunt for…
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Giga Metals advances Turnagain toward 2022 PFS
Giga Metals (TSXV: GIGA) has begun a 2021 work program at the Turnagain nickel-cobalt project, located in north-central British Columbia. Archaeological and wildlife surveys are…
Glencore names Kalidas Madhavpeddi as new chairman
Miner and commodity trader Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has chosen non-executive director Kalidas Madhavpeddi to replace Tony Hayward as the company’s new chairman, completing a leadership overhaul at…
Glencore paid $5.8B to governments in 2020
Swiss-based multinational miner Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has disclosed US$5.7 billion in taxes, royalties and other government payments in 2020. The diversified mining house says the…
BloombergNEF ups battery demand forecast
Battery metals prices have seen a strong recovery in the first half of 2021, and in its H1 Battery Metals Outlook report, which forecasts demand…
Report outlines what Canada must do to secure supply of critical minerals
The Standing Committee on Natural Resources has presented a report before Canada’s House of Commons that stresses the importance of securing a supply of critical minerals,…
Wood Mackenzie boosts battery metals expertise with Roskill buy
Wood Mackenzie announced on Friday it had acquired Roskill, a privately-owned company and leader in metals and materials supply chain intelligence, boosting the consultancy’s expertise…
Voisey’s Bay underground expansion delivers first ore
June 11 marked the milestone first production of ore from the underground expansion project at the Voisey’s Bay nickel-cobalt mine owned by Vale (NYSE: VALE)….
DRC concentrate export ban may tighten global copper, cobalt supply
The Democratic Republic of Congo has reinstated an export ban on copper and cobalt concentrates, but will allow mining companies that hold waivers to continue…
First Cobalt more than doubles holdings in Idaho
It has added Phoenix Copper’s Redcastle asset to its Iron Creek cobalt project through an earn-in agreement for 224 hectares of property, expanding its land position to over 1,820 hectares.
Glencore leads miners group in cobalt blockchain pilot
Mining and commodities trader Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has joined forces with battery material supplier Umicore and other major miners to trace the cobalt they produce…
First Quantum sells 30% stake in Ravensthorpe to POSCO for US$240M
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) is selling a 30% stake in its Ravensthorpe nickel operation in Western Australia to South Korean steel giant POSCO for…