China coal mine blast: 4 dead, 57 trapped

Someone delivered 23 metric tons of cobalt to London Metal Exchange warehouses last month.

The huge dislocation between global prices saw the US import about 91,000 tons in July alone, the third-largest monthly amount in the last decade.

The Keliber project is targeting production for 2026.

Would-be sellers of battery metal lead on the Shanghai Futures Exchange have been forced to search for overseas supplies.