November 7, 2021

First Cobalt aims to create specialist EV battery materials facility in North America

The company is aiming to produce battery-grade nickel and cobalt and precursor chemicals for the cathode component of the batteries for North America.

November 7, 2021

New road paves the way for Canada’s first primary cobalt mine

Fortune Minerals said that the soon-to-be-open Tlicho all-season road is a key enabler for its NICO cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper project.

November 4, 2021

Sherritt plans to expand Cuban nickel mine

The plan calls for a multi-phased approach, and work will include a new slurry preparation plant and expansion of other circuits at the mill.

November 4, 2021

Capstone’s Pinto Valley mine fully permitted to 2039

Capstone completed the $31 million optimization program at Pinto Valley (PV3) earlier this year.

November 4, 2021

The commodity boom is starting to push battery prices higher

It’s not just car buyers that may feel the pinch.

November 4, 2021

China’s nonferrous group suggests commercial reserves for cobalt, nickel

The world's top metals consumer still heavily relies on imported resources of the metals.

November 3, 2021

Tesla, Apple, Google, Microsoft dodge Congo cobalt class-action

Judge said while the complaint lists "tragic events" it could not trace a link back to US tech giants: "The only real connection is that the companies buy refined cobalt.”

November 2, 2021

UN at COP26: “Enough of mining…we are digging our own graves”

It did not take long for COP26 to turn into a farce with UN Secretary General António Guterres pleading with the gathered highnesses and excellencies to declare enough is enough.

November 1, 2021

Europe’s EV battery strategy threatened by supply chain gaps, Eramet says

Eramet is struggling to attract investment from its home region to process its overseas nickel, lithium and cobalt reserves into battery materials.

October 30, 2021

Ramu nickel-cobalt suspension trims output by 3,300-3,800t

Ramu NiCo Management suspended operations on Friday and hopes to resume normal operation in early November.