This episode takes a look at the junior graphite market, which is awakening from a five-year slumber as demand for graphite in the electric vehicle and grid storage sectors begins…
One cannot open the paper or go online these days without seeing articles about the rosy future for electric vehicles (EVs) and grid storage, and the resultant growth in lithium…
VANCOUVER — Robert Friedland, executive chairman of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN, US-OTC: IVPAF), was in fine form during his presentation at the Sprott Natural Resource Symposium in Vancouver in mid-July….
Rising discord between the U.S. and its major trading partners Canada, Europe and China put pressure on some stocks, while the rising U.S. dollar put pressure on gold. The Dow…
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 1.05% to 16,277.73. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index declined 0.63% to finish at 191.54, while spot gold fell 1.15% to US$1,252.40 per oz. gold. The…
Tianqi Lithium Australia, a subsidiary of China’s Tianqi Lithium, has started building a state-of-the-art spodumene converter that will produce battery-grade lithium hydroxide in Kwinana, Western Australia. Initial production is expected…
A week after the Mongolian government hit Turquoise Hill Resources (NYSE: TRO) with a US$155-million tax bill associated with the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine, Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LON: RIO),…
One of China’s largest gold companies has invested $66 million for a 9.9% stake in Canada’s Sabina Gold & Silver (TSX: SBB), a junior that is advancing its wholly owned…
In December, China made adjustments to import taxes on some nickel products that favour the production of electric vehicles (EVs). On Jan. 1, the import tax on nickel sulphate —…
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%…
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….
Japan Gold (TSXV: JG; US-OTC: JGLDF) has become the first foreign company to be granted prospecting rights and a drilling permit by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for…
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