Cobalt Top Stories

Seafloor miner DeepGreen plans listing through SPAC merger

Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corp will combine with DeepGreen in a $2.9bn deal.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 4, 2021 | 9:18 am

US broke record on energy storage deployment in Q4-2020

Over 2,000 megawatt-hours of new energy storage systems were brought online…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 4, 2021 | 6:13 am

Green revolution gets more expensive as copper price rallies

Copper is a vital part of green infrastructure from grids…

Bloomberg News | March 4, 2021 | 3:30 am

Congo’s cobalt and copper production jumped in 2020, central bank says

Congo produced 85,855 tonnes of cobalt in 2020, up 10%…

Reuters | March 4, 2021 | 1:21 am

Electric car battery cobalt prices are rocketing

Soaring demand in China, ongoing logistics issues along the Congo-South…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 3, 2021 | 4:50 pm

Palladium One grabs more critical minerals assets with acquisition of MetalCorp

MetalCorp's main assets are the North Rock copper-nickel project and the Big Lake copper-zinc-gold-silver project in Ontario.

Staff Writer | March 6, 2023 | 9:32 am

Ontario OKs Ring of Fire road review plan by First Nations

The area’s most advanced project is Ring of Fire Metals’ Eagle’s Nest nickel project.

Colin McClelland | March 6, 2023 | 7:10 am

Newly discovered protein supports efficient refining of REEs

Switzerland-based researchers discovered lanpepsy, a protein which specifies rare earth elements and discriminates them from other minerals and metals.

Staff Writer | March 6, 2023 | 6:06 am

Shortage of metals for EVs is rising up the agenda in automakers’ C-suites

Auto sector executives increasingly anxious about surging prices and tighter supply of metals used in electric vehicle batteries.

Bloomberg News | March 5, 2023 | 10:05 am

EU, US working on deal to make EV minerals eligible for tax credits

The EU official said an agreement could come as early as next week.

Reuters | March 3, 2023 | 6:31 pm

New Tesla motor technology could disrupt rare earths industry

Rare earth element companies may face pressure after Tesla unveiled plans this week to develop car motors without key critical minerals.

Staff Writer | March 3, 2023 | 10:47 am

Column: Automakers rush in where miners fear to tread

It's a useful reminder that going upstream can be a high-risk business for even the biggest automotive companies.

Reuters | March 3, 2023 | 7:57 am

Cyanobacteria efficiently extract rare earths from mine wastewater

Researchers have found that cyanobacteria can efficiently absorb rare earth elements from wastewater.

Staff Writer | March 3, 2023 | 6:06 am

Volkswagen board discusses two new North America plants at meeting

The facilities would be one production plant and one battery cell factory, people familiar with the matter said.

Reuters | March 3, 2023 | 4:21 am

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