INFOGRAPHIC: What is lithium worth? Lithium is a hot commodity in the mining, manufacturing, energy storage, and automobile industries today. Visual Capitalist | August 21, 2019 | 11:13 am
China Molybdenum says giant Congo copper mine is losing money In the first half, the company did not achieve its production targets at Tenke Fungurume. Bloomberg News | August 21, 2019 | 9:16 am
Lithium prices to remain low as “hype” meets “reality” — CRU The commodity research group says prices will remain in the single-digit figures due mainly to an avalanche of new supply. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 21, 2019 | 7:10 am
Glencore could do for cobalt what it did for zinc – double the price Glencore is halting a fifth of global cobalt production – a more modest cut in zinc output in 2015 produced spectacular results. Frik Els | August 20, 2019 | 2:31 pm
China’s Huayou pulls out of Congo cobalt mine investment after price slump Prices of cobalt, a key ingredient in batteries for electric vehicles, have fallen by around two-thirds from their April 2018 peak. Reuters | August 16, 2019 | 9:23 am
Platinum giant wants in on batteries to ease electric car threat Anglo American Platinum wants to develop a lithium battery that uses platinum group metals instead of cobalt and nickel. Bloomberg News | August 13, 2019 | 10:59 am
Mining tycoons try to stall UK graft charges with court claim Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. has asked a British court to stall the UK’s pursuit of corruption charges. Bloomberg News | August 13, 2019 | 10:34 am
EV sector will need 250% more copper by 2030 just for charging stations Scottish consultancy Wood Mackenzie estimates that there will be more than 20 million EV charging points by then. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 12, 2019 | 10:03 am
China Molybdenum seeks opportunities to beef up battery metals business Cobalt, copper, nickel and lithium are expected to see increasing demand from the EV trade in the years ahead. Reuters | August 9, 2019 | 9:56 am