Surge Exploration to buy Atacama Cobalto property in Chile The property was originally explored as an iron-ore mine prospect but it ended up showing cobalt potential with positive assay results. MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 6, 2018 | 7:27 am
Glencore’s Congo unit halts cobalt exports from Kamoto mine The temporary suspension comes as Katanga found excessive levels of uranium in the mine's ore. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 6, 2018 | 6:50 am
Canada Cobalt shares jump nearly 12% after hitting high grades at Castle mine The company specifically targeted cobalt for the first time at this historic silver producing mine. MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 2, 2018 | 2:08 pm
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
China demand for Vale ore to keep price above $90/tonne in 2019 -CFO What will define Chinese demand for iron ore is continued urbanization, infrastructure investments, auto production. Reuters | November 2, 2018 | 9:54 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
Russia’s Nornickel boosts Q3 output at its copper project Nornickels consolidated copper output has risen by 20% to 290,878 tonnes in the first nine months of 2018. Reuters | October 31, 2018 | 3:28 pm