Lithium demand to triple by 2025, CRU expects
Regulations in China that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and fully electric vehicles must make up 8% of all new vehicle production in the Asian juggernaut in 2018, rising to 10%…
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
Roskill’s Jack Bedder peers into cobalt crystal ball
Cobalt has more than doubled in price from US$14.75 per lb. in late December 2016 to over US$30 per lb., making it one of the top performing metals this year….
‘We can use the power of machine learning’: PMF roundtable discusses innovation in mining
The mining industry is engaged in a multifaceted debate about innovation, and the potential impacts new technologies and systems can have on operating practices, workforce demographics, social responsibility and sustainability….
Southwest US Snapshot: Six juniors on the hunt for gold, silver, copper and lithium riches
Higher prices for most mined commodities has translated into renewed activity in the junior mining sector in the southwestern U.S. states. Here’s a quick look at six such companies. CALIFORNIA…
Scandium International advances rare Nyngan project
Scandium International Mining (TSX: SCY) forecasts that its Nyngan scandium deposit in Australia will be in production in the first half of 2019, which should make it the first scandium-only…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 81: Lessons learned ft. Rio Tinto & Iamgold
This week’s show is packed with exclusive content recorded at The Northern Miner’s Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto. First up, we listen in on Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) president and…
TSX Venture rises, Nov. 13-17
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 2.87 points to a 799.35-point close, as spot gold prices gained US$17.35 to US$1,292.42 per oz., and Comex copper prices edged up US1¢ to…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 80: The junior mining special ft. PwC & PearTree
This week we’re analyzing trends in junior mining and capital markets! Matt chats with PwC Canada’s National Mining Leader Liam Fitzgerald about the recently-released Junior mine 2017 report. We delve…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 79: The cobalt craze (!) & AI in mining ft. IBM
We’re going high-tech this week with a focus on technological metals and the future of big data in the mining industry. Matt chats with Cobalt 27 Capital’s (TSXV: KBLT) chairman…
Clean TeQ boosts cobalt grade by 30% at Sunrise
Just a little over a month after it signed an offtake agreement with one of the world’s largest producers of cathode material for the lithium-ion battery industry, Clean TeQ Holdings…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 76: Commodities outlook & geophysics 101
We’re back with a mega-commodity outlook special that takes a look macroeconomic conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2017. Matt reads through Scotia Capital’s massive, 65-page commodity update and…
eCobalt redevelops mothballed Idaho mine
VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based eCobalt Solutions (TSX: ECS; US-OTC: ECSIF) hopes to restart construction at its Idaho Cobalt project (ICP) next year, which could set the stage for first production in early…