India’s electric car ambitions could stumble on lack of lithium Several plans are under way to build lithium-ion battery factories in India. Bloomberg News | January 21, 2020 | 9:42 am
Lithium industry in a waiting game – report As prices go down, miners are expecting that strategies to reduce oversupply eventually work. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 19, 2020 | 10:44 am
Battery nickel price regains premium over metal Nickel sulphate is back to trading at a premium to the metal in China and should stay there on expected BHP Nickel West delays, says new report. Frik Els | January 16, 2020 | 12:56 pm
Bolivia’s new lithium tsar says country should go it alone Bolivia has been producing around 400 metric tones of lithium per year in a test site. Reuters | January 16, 2020 | 10:07 am
Noram encouraged by drill results at Nevada lithium project The Canadian miner said its drill program yielded higher results than the current inferred resource. MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 16, 2020 | 6:10 am
Rising civil unrest adds to mining risks in 2020 Risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft foresees as many as 75 countries having to deal with soaring public rage over a variety of topics, including economic inequality. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 15, 2020 | 4:01 pm
First Cobalt upgrades Iron Creek resource This represents a 10% growth in total tonnes when compared with the maiden inferred resource. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 15, 2020 | 2:14 pm
Cobalt price: After dismal 2019, could Tesla-Glencore deal spark turnaround? Even before the rumoured deal, more than 80% of the world's largest cobalt miner's output was tied up for years to come, a new report shows. Frik Els | January 15, 2020 | 12:57 pm
Congo opens Chinese-owned Deziwa copper and cobalt mine The deposit, around 35 kilometres east of Kolwezi, is estimated to hold 4.6 million tonnes of copper and 420,000 tonnes of cobalt. Reuters | January 15, 2020 | 5:33 am