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
Chinese battery firms join Responsible Cobalt Initiative German car manufacturer Daimler also joined the RCI last month. Reuters | May 25, 2018 | 10:13 am
In lithium hot spot, ghost towns recall another boom gone bust While lithium today isn’t the linchpin of Chile’s economy (that would be copper), miners are aggressively expanding production. Bloomberg News | May 25, 2018 | 9:27 am
Lithium price: Massive supply response gets underway SQM, world no 3 lithium miner, plans to nearly quadruple capacity in fewer than three years – to the equivalent of 84% of global output last year. Frik Els | May 24, 2018 | 3:13 pm
