China Moly buys 95% of DRC copper-cobalt mine from Freeport for $550m The Kisanfu mine holds 6.28 million tonnes of copper and 3.1 million tonnes of cobalt metal. Reuters | December 13, 2020 | 10:06 am
Rare earth producers aim to agree global environment standards in 2021 Manufacturers of electronic goods and EVs are under pressure from consumers to push their suppliers to impose sustainability standards. Reuters | December 11, 2020 | 11:15 am
Vale suspends operations at New Caledonia after protests Company has halted operations after pro-independence protests nearby, and that military forces are now guarding the evacuated plant. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 11, 2020 | 7:42 am
EV Metal Index on course for record year MINING.COM EV Metal Index, which tracks the value of battery metals in newly registered passenger EVs surge 80% year on year. Frik Els | December 10, 2020 | 2:37 pm
‘Green stimulus packages’ key driver for base metal demand, says analyst “The path to economic recovery will be long and slow,” says Intl FCStone metals analyst Natalie Scott-Gray. Northern Miner Staff | December 9, 2020 | 9:57 am
Largo to supply vanadium to clean energy storage co. Largo Clean Energy will receive raw materials from the Maracás Menchen mine in Brazil. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 9, 2020 | 6:15 am
Minerals and metals demand recovery in 2021 – report Fitch sees mining and metals capital expenditure improving in 2021, compared with 2020. MINING.com Editor | December 8, 2020 | 12:55 pm
Tianqi Lithium sells 49% of Australian unit to IGO in $1.4bn deal Move gives IGO access to the Greenbushes, the world’s biggest hard-rock lithium mine. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 8, 2020 | 3:51 am
Glencore’s succession isn’t over yet Glasenberg’s exit hasn’t been the brutal Darwinian process he so often predicted. Bloomberg Opinion | December 7, 2020 | 3:04 pm