Forty-five per cent of cars sold in Norway last month were electric: report No gas or balloons needed. Michael McCrae | October 1, 2018 | 1:16 pm
Rocketing vanadium price primed for ‘Elon Musk moment’ "To build a gigafactory of vanadium flow batteries, companies will need to own a mine or lease the fully recyclable vanadium" – Simon Moores. Frik Els | September 28, 2018 | 4:01 pm
Auto industry entrepreneur and design icon Henrik Fisker joins First Cobalt Board of Directors The addition of Mr. Fisker will allow First Cobalt to draw from his many talents as an EV pioneer, entrepreneur and successful OEM car designer. First Cobalt Corp. | September 27, 2018 | 12:38 pm
Battery Minerals hits construction milestones at Montepuez project Company wants to make sure the mine is in production when the demand and price of graphite takes off, as predicted. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 27, 2018 | 9:58 am
Chile greenlights Latin America’s largest desalination plant The ENAPAC project is meant to serve mainly the mining industry, which is very active in Chile’s dry, but copper and lithium-rich north. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 27, 2018 | 6:59 am
Ford CEO says Trump metals tariffs took $1B of profit Ford CEO Jim Hackett encouraged President Donald Trump’s administration to resolve trade disputes quickly or it could do “more damage” to his company. Bloomberg News | September 26, 2018 | 2:20 pm
Congo leader vows elections to proceed on schedule in December DRC President Joseph Kabila vowed delayed elections will take place as planned this year. Bloomberg News | September 26, 2018 | 11:23 am
Brazil’s Vale shareholders near deal to pay Eletron $692m Two major shareholders of Brazilian mining company Vale SA are likely to reach an agreement on Wednesday to pay 2.82 billion reais ($692 million) to Eletron to settle a dispute over Vale shares. Reuters | September 26, 2018 | 9:56 am