Green revolution gets more expensive as copper price rallies Copper is a vital part of green infrastructure from grids to wind turbines, and a recent price surge threatens to make decarbonization more costly. 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% from 2019. 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 Africa-China route lift prices over 30% in single month, says Benchmark. MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 3, 2021 | 4:50 pm
Energy storage boom to propel zinc battery demand, industry association says Annual demand for zinc in batteries was only 600 tonnes in 2020 but that figure is projected to rise to 77,500 tonnes in 2030 Reuters | March 3, 2021 | 4:48 pm
Tsingshan signs pacts for 100,000 T nickel matte in EV push Chinese firms have been stepping up focus on EVs in the world's biggest market for such vehicles. Reuters | March 3, 2021 | 1:23 pm
Rare earth, uranium miners benefit from EV mania and dash of ESG Uranium sector supply/demand balance is the tightest we’ve seen since pre-Fukushima, analyst says. Bloomberg News | March 3, 2021 | 9:06 am
Advance Gold to enter battery metals space The Canadian company wants to acquire 13 lithium-potassium-boron prospective salars in central Mexico. MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 3, 2021 | 6:11 am
Former Xstrata boss creates Vision Blue Resources and invests in NextSource Materials Mick Davis is turning his attention to the battery minerals sector and in December 2020 launched Blue Vision Resources to invest in companies with projects that can be brought into production quickly. Northern Miner Staff | March 2, 2021 | 8:57 am
Mason Graphite updates Lac Guéret battery test results The cells have completed 800 charge/discharge cycles while retaining 82% of their initial capacity. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 2, 2021 | 8:40 am