Canadian miner sees future in graphite Eagle Plains has acquired the 711-hectare Slocan Graphite Project in B.C. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 19, 2018 | 5:12 pm
Sanctions fallout upends metals as aluminum, nickel burst higher Aluminum rallied as much as 7.1 percent, a record intraday gain, to $2,718 a ton in London. Bloomberg News | April 19, 2018 | 10:35 am
SQM: lithium mining needs at least $10B investment over 10 years "There is a legitimate concern on the side of the vehicle manufacturers." Reuters | April 18, 2018 | 11:44 am
BHP to produce nickel sulphate next year, eyeing cobalt on battery boom It expects to have sold 90% of its nickel sulphate supply by the end of 2019, two years earlier than anticipated. Reuters | April 18, 2018 | 11:11 am
Russia fears light fire under nickel price Price surges nearly 5% to three-year high over worries that top producer Norilsk could befall the same fate as aluminum giant Rusal. Frik Els | April 18, 2018 | 10:31 am
This is the only chart lithium price bears need see When it comes to new lithium mine supply how soon is now? Frik Els | April 17, 2018 | 11:54 pm
BHP beats Tesla, BMW among top holdings in new electric vehicle ETF New investors are being pulled into the mining industry as demand and prices for battery materials like lithium and cobalt spike. Frik Els | April 17, 2018 | 11:28 pm
Quantum Minería wants to extract rare earth elements from groundwater The Sí a la Tierra Viva platform rejects the miner's proposal. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 17, 2018 | 6:54 pm
Rare earths extracted from coal mining by-products Researchers at West Virginia University expect to start extracting, refining and taking to market rare earth elements in a couple of years. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 17, 2018 | 4:57 pm