Shares in lithium giant fall on disappointing auction Chilean lithium producer SQM shares punished after $1 billion of shares auctioned below ruling price. Frik Els | June 1, 2018 | 9:28 am
Miners threaten Congo with legal action over mining code Regulations to implement the new code are due to be signed into law next week. Reuters | May 30, 2018 | 9:43 am
Electric vehicles on the road to triple by 2020 — IEA The number of electric cars, including battery-electric, plug-in hybrid electric and fuel cell electric passenger light-duty vehicles, increased by 57% in 2017 from the previous year. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 30, 2018 | 5:50 am
Biggest electric vehicle battery IPO valuation cut in half Time to curb your enthusiasm about the electric vehicle boom and surging demand, prices for lithium, cobalt, nickel, rare earth and graphite? Frik Els | May 29, 2018 | 10:47 am
Miners warn Congo it faces $3bn revenue loss over new law The mining companies insist the government reinsert a stability clause, present in the former code. Bloomberg News | May 29, 2018 | 10:41 am
Australia’s Galaxy Resources to sell tenements in Argentina to POSCO for $280 mln The land is located in the northern area of the giant Salar del Hombre Muerto salt flat. Reuters | May 29, 2018 | 9:46 am
Early stage projects are located in mining-friendly jurisdictions Worldwide there are over 30,000 exploration projects. Frik Els | May 28, 2018 | 12:19 pm
Scientists one step closer to producing more efficient lithium-ion batteries They deposited copper on the ion-bombarded graphite. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 27, 2018 | 6:21 am
Electric vehicles seen driving cobalt crunch by mid-2020s Demand for electric vehicles, using cobalt in batteries, could spark a deficit of cobalt as soon as 2022. Reuters | May 25, 2018 | 10:49 am