Gold price climbs as weak US jobs data boosts rate pause chances Latest data suggests that the US labour market was slowing amid mounting risks of a recession. Staff Writer | June 8, 2023 | 9:11 am
Top South Africa fund bets on platinum as power cuts hit miners Coronation Fund Managers has reduced the Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. and Northam Platinum Holdings Ltd. shares in its resources fund this year. Bloomberg News | June 8, 2023 | 8:21 am
BHP’s Xplor looking for more copper, nickel exploration projects BHP Xplor’s VP Sonia Scarselli says demand-supply equation for other battery metals is not as stretched as that for those two metals. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 8, 2023 | 8:12 am
Lithium shortages could hand salt a starring role in EV shift Carmakers who faced skyrocketing prices for lithium and other battery metals last year could increasingly adopt sodium-based cells in the future. Bloomberg News | June 8, 2023 | 7:53 am
Epiroc wins large equipment and automation order from Boliden in Sweden Deep Automation, Epiroc’s set of automation systems and applications, will be used to automate Boliden’s material handling process. Staff Writer | June 8, 2023 | 7:39 am
Carbon capture tests results better than anticipated for Canada Nickel The process at the Crawford nickel project can store 1.0 million tonnes of carbon annually. Staff Writer | June 8, 2023 | 7:33 am
Tonnes of cobalt could be mined in Idaho but processing facilities still lacking — study Researchers say that although there is potential for cobalt extraction from the Idaho Cobalt Belt, the question of how to process it remains unanswered. Staff Writer | June 8, 2023 | 5:05 am
Franco-Nevada grows royalty on Marathon Gold’s Valentine project Valentine is considered the largest undeveloped gold project in Atlantic Canada and is scheduled to begin production by the first quarter of 2025. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 8, 2023 | 3:49 am
Livista plans German lithium refinery for EV batteries It initially aims to refine 40,000 tonnes of lithium annually at the plant, or enough for batteries for around 850,000 EVs. Reuters | June 7, 2023 | 4:41 pm