First Cobalt to finalize new supply deal with Glencore
First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC) is planning to alter its prior arrangement with global miner Glencore (LSE: GLEN) and sign a a long-term feed purchase contract instead…
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Australia to ramp-up production of critical minerals
The Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade), in collaboration with Geoscience Australia and the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, recently published the second…
Giga Metals targets battery market with Turnagain nickel project
Giga Metals (TSXV: GIGA; US-OTC: HNCKF) has tabled an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on its Turnagain nickel-cobalt project in B.C., 65 km east of…
Energy metals require significant investment: Wood Mackenzie
An investment of at least US$1 trillion will be needed in key energy transition metals over the next 15 years “to meet the growing demands…
Canada Nickel adds to resource at Crawford in Ontario
Canada Nickel Company (TSXV: CNC; US-OTC: CNIKF) has grown its Crawford nickel-cobalt sulphide project near Timmins, Ontario. According to an updated resource estimate, total measured…
Glencore talks nickel with car, battery makers
Global miner and commodities trader Glencore (LSE: GLEN) is close to securing nickel supply deals with automakers and battery producers amid a looming squeeze in…
Gold rally lifts top 50 mining stocks above US$1T for first time
MINING.COM’s ranking of the world’s 50 largest mining companies based on market value shows an industry recovering from its Covid-19 slump and moving into positive…
US grabs stake in battery metals miner to fight Chinese control
The U.S. government is taking a US$25 million equity stake in Dublin-based battery metals miner TechMet, as part of a push by President Donald Trump…
Jervois Mining to buy cobalt, nickel refinery in Brazil
Jervois Mining (TSXV: JRV; US-OTC: JRVMF) is buying a nickel and cobalt refinery in Brazil from Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio for 125 million reals (US$22.1…
Power outage damages equipment at Lundin’s Chapada mine in Brazil
Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) has withdrawn its 2020 production, cash cost and capital expenditure guidance for its Chapada copper and gold mine in northern Brazil after…
Commentary: Mines are the biggest holes in Tesla’s $25,000 car plans
During Tuesday’s much-hyped battery day, Tesla CEO Elon Musk laid out plans to put everyone behind the wheel (or is that sleeping in the back?)…
Tesla to eliminate cobalt from electric vehicles
At Tesla’s live-streamed Battery Technology Day this week, chief executive Elon Musk outlined the company’s plans to build a US$25,000 electric vehicle (EV) with a…