Far North Snapshot: Eight companies exploring the frontiers As existing deposits and mines are advanced, companies are looking for new frontiers to secure their long-term production and growth. Northern Miner Staff | April 20, 2020 | 7:32 pm
Congo enacts plan to blunt virus impact as cobalt exports slump Country will begin an information campaign for hundreds of thousands of hand-miners to offset the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Bloomberg News | April 17, 2020 | 8:47 am
CHART: China’s stranglehold on electric car battery supply chain China has not only shoved aside the US for rare earths, cobalt, graphite and lithium production – new study shows it controls 93% of world's manganese going into EVs. Frik Els | April 16, 2020 | 11:12 pm
Top managers at mining group Eramet agree to pay cuts Chairman and CEO Christel Bories will forego 25% of her pay and contribute money to the company's solidarity plan. Reuters | April 16, 2020 | 8:42 am
Argentina’s fledgling lithium sector clipped by coronavirus The pandemic has already stymied a US push to develop lithium, while miners have warned the virus could hit to sales and prices further this year. Reuters | April 16, 2020 | 8:22 am
Zambia plans to revoke Glencore’s Mopani licenses Mopani's chief executive Nathan Bullock detained at Lusaka airport. Reuters | April 15, 2020 | 5:25 pm
First Cobalt expands Idaho property by 50% The Iron Creek project is one of the few primary cobalt deposits in America. Jackson Chen | April 15, 2020 | 9:53 am
Bluejay Mining grows Greenland footprint The company has been granted two exploration licenses surrounding its Kangerluarsuk zinc-lead-silver project. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 15, 2020 | 7:25 am
American Manganese, Voltabox recycle li-ion batteries Voltabox wants a recycling solution for its end-of-life battery system. MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 15, 2020 | 6:15 am