Electric car demand fuelling rise in child labour in DR Congo – campaigners "There is absolutely no way any company in the world could assure its consumers that the cobalt in its products is not tainted by child labour." Reuters | November 2, 2018 | 10:52 am
Australian Mines shares soar after partnering with Indian firm to produce key battery metal Second major R&D collaboration this year to examine the use of scandium in next-generation battery storage technology. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 2, 2018 | 8:05 am
You’ll need 286 pounds of coal to fuel that electric road trip As electric vehicles slowly become a bigger part of the global fleet, questions about mileage and fuel efficiency are going to become more apposite. Bloomberg News | November 1, 2018 | 2:58 pm
Mining veteran wants to build a $1B battery metals giant TechMet Ltd., which controls just a handful of assets from Canada to Rwanda wants to help challenge China’s domination of the nascent industry. Bloomberg News | November 1, 2018 | 6:39 am
As tobacco wanes, a Virginia farmer wants to harvest his uranium There’s uranium everywhere. Bloomberg News | October 31, 2018 | 1:33 pm
South African diamond miner wants to go digital Epiroc and Kimberley Ekapa Mining are working together to digitize the latter’s diamond operations. MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 31, 2018 | 7:25 am
Tlicho all-season road near NICO project approved The federal government has announced that it will provide up to 25% of the construction costs for the road through the P3 Canada Fund. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 30, 2018 | 3:27 pm
BHP, top miners are starting to drive EV’s deep underground The deeper the mine, then the bigger the savings. Bloomberg News | October 30, 2018 | 9:58 am
China refutes reports accusing it of curbing rare earths output Beijing claims rare earth output quotas for the second half of 2018 only appear lower because the limit for the first six months of the year was for a larger portion of the total annual quota. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 30, 2018 | 3:44 am
