US broke record on energy storage deployment in Q4-2020 Over 2,000 megawatt-hours of new energy storage systems were brought online in Q4-2020 in the United States. MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 4, 2021 | 6:13 am
Green revolution gets more expensive as copper price rallies Copper is a vital part of green infrastructure from grids to wind turbines, and a recent price surge threatens to make decarbonization more costly. Bloomberg News | March 4, 2021 | 3:30 am
Congo’s cobalt and copper production jumped in 2020, central bank says Congo produced 85,855 tonnes of cobalt in 2020, up 10% from 2019. Reuters | March 4, 2021 | 1:21 am
Electric car battery cobalt prices are rocketing Soaring demand in China, ongoing logistics issues along the Congo-South Africa-China route lift prices over 30% in single month, says Benchmark. MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 3, 2021 | 4:50 pm
Energy storage boom to propel zinc battery demand, industry association says Annual demand for zinc in batteries was only 600 tonnes in 2020 but that figure is projected to rise to 77,500 tonnes in 2030 Reuters | March 3, 2021 | 4:48 pm
Tsingshan signs pacts for 100,000 T nickel matte in EV push Chinese firms have been stepping up focus on EVs in the world's biggest market for such vehicles. Reuters | March 3, 2021 | 1:23 pm
Rare earth, uranium miners benefit from EV mania and dash of ESG Uranium sector supply/demand balance is the tightest we’ve seen since pre-Fukushima, analyst says. Bloomberg News | March 3, 2021 | 9:06 am
Nornickel warns on output as two mines remain partly suspended Oktyabrsky and Taimyrsky mines in Siberia account for 36% of Nornickel's ore mined in Russia. Reuters | March 3, 2021 | 7:22 am
Eramet’s top shareholder pushes for CEO change The Duval family has written a letter suggesting the metals and mining firm replace chairwoman and CEO Christel Bories, business newspaper L'Agefi reported. Reuters | March 3, 2021 | 7:13 am