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Congolese mining company leaves ITSCI certification scheme over cost

Societe Miniere de Bisunzu (SMB), has given 30 days notice to end its contract with ITSCI, a responsible supply chain initiative, citing the scheme's rising costs.

Reuters | January 7, 2019 | 9:38 am

Chilean lithium exports continue rise, to $949m in 2018 – central bank

Global demand for lithium is expected to quadruple by 2025.

Reuters | January 7, 2019 | 9:13 am

Canada’s Cobalt 27 goes after lithium with royalty acquisition

Cobalt 27 will put in about $9 million into a share of production at Mineral Resources and Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium's Mount Marion lithium project in Western Australia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 7, 2019 | 8:11 am

Pancontinental starts drilling Ontario nickel-cobalt-copper project

Pancon revealed that its objective for the initial phase of Montcalm’s program is to drill at least 4,500 metres to test a series of new conductor targets identified in 2018.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 7, 2019 | 6:31 am

Congo election results delayed past Sunday deadline

Government has delayed the release of provisional results from last week’s presidential election as criticism of the country’s handling of the vote grew.

Reuters | January 6, 2019 | 9:46 am

Top 3 reasons to avoid running project cost estimates in-house

There are real costs associated with conducting project cost estimates in-house.

Brad Terhune, LG and Scott Stebbins, PE | January 4, 2019 | 2:15 pm

The mining world watches as Congo counts votes for next leader

The Democratic Republic of Congo is in uncharted waters as the nation awaits election results marking the end of President Joseph Kabila’s rule.

Bloomberg News | January 4, 2019 | 10:28 am

China to step up crackdown on rare earth sector: ministry

China launched the crackdown on the rare earth sector in 2009, with authorities claiming that illegal activities drove down global prices and made it impossible to cover the huge environmental costs of production.

Reuters | January 4, 2019 | 9:16 am

Congo slashes cobalt output estimate for Jan-Sept 2018

The revision means that output of cobalt rose 35.9 percent compared to the same period in 2017, rather than 92.5 percent as the bank said previously.

Reuters | January 4, 2019 | 8:55 am

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