Cobalt Top Stories

First Cobalt to issue shares to Glencore to repay $5.5m debt

In 2019, First Cobalt entered into a loan agreement with the miner and commodity trader to fund engineering studies, metallurgical testwork and permitting activities.

Reuters | March 26, 2021 | 8:49 am

Canada tightens takeover rules for critical minerals

The move comes as the US government works with Canada…

Reuters | March 25, 2021 | 11:20 am

Home: Volkswagen powers up for the EV revolution

Its roadmap has major implications for battery metals such as…

Reuters | March 25, 2021 | 8:05 am

Massive battery recycling facility opens in Singapore

TES’s multi-million-dollar facility has the capacity to recycle up to…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 25, 2021 | 6:09 am

EV battery startup poaches oil veterans to build Arctic factory

Freyr plans to start a pilot plant near the Arctic…

Bloomberg News | March 24, 2021 | 8:09 am

Chinese lithium price dives in heated auto price war

China's lithium prices are plunging faster than expected this year, down 34% in the last four weeks alone.

Reuters | March 23, 2023 | 9:46 am

NextSource’s Molo graphite mine in Madagascar enters commissioning phase

During the first phase, the Molo mine will initially produce approximately 17,000 tonnes of flake graphite concentrate per year.

Staff Writer | March 23, 2023 | 9:02 am

Unions balk at Biden plan for mineral trade deals with EU, Japan

Unions, including the United Auto Workers, worry that providing concessions to other nations would undermine the goal of bringing jobs and investment to the US.

Bloomberg News | March 23, 2023 | 7:50 am

Harita Nickel said to weigh top-end pricing for Indonesian IPO

Harita operates the country’s first high-pressure acid leaching smelter on Obi island in North Maluku.

Bloomberg News | March 23, 2023 | 7:42 am

Top ten lithium financings of 2022

Explosion of exploration for lithium around the world.

Nicholas LePan | March 22, 2023 | 2:26 pm

Albemarle to build $1.3 billion lithium plant in South Carolina

Lithium miner chose Chester County as the location for a processing plant it hopes will cement its status as a cornerstone of the rapidly growing US electric vehicle industry.

Reuters | March 22, 2023 | 1:11 pm

Opinion: Contentious deep sea mining code talks enter final stretch

Lockheed’s sudden departure leaves no Western mining contractor with pockets deep enough to finance the billions of dollars needed to launch a seabed mining operation.

Bloomberg News | March 22, 2023 | 11:47 am

Cirba Solutions to pour $300m into South Carolina battery recycling plant

The plant will produce materials to power over 500,000 batteries every year, the company said.

Reuters | March 22, 2023 | 10:09 am

Chile pushes new lithium extraction method in risk to future supply

Chile’s government plans to require all new lithium projects to tap a production technique that’s barely used commercially anywhere in a bid to reduce water losses.

Bloomberg News | March 22, 2023 | 9:57 am

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