Divisive startup kingpin doubles down on EVs to undercut Musk India's EV market is expected to reach more than $150 billion by the end of the decade. Bloomberg News | October 17, 2022 | 7:50 am
Posco’s bold battery materials push dimmed by new US energy bill By 2030, the Seoul-based steel giant forecasts it will have a production capacity of around 605,000 tons for cathode-active materials. Bloomberg News | October 17, 2022 | 7:35 am
Miners’ losses mount as ports strike drags on in South Africa Negotiations to reach a pay deal have been unsuccessful, even after the government and an arbitration body joined the discussions between Transnet and its biggest labor unions. Bloomberg News | October 17, 2022 | 7:27 am
Aluminum price drops on jump in LME stocks and Russian metal Metal industry sources say there is concern that Rusal will be unable to sell its metal and will deliver it into the LME system. Reuters | October 17, 2022 | 7:17 am
Barrick closer to building $7bn copper project in Pakistan All the documents needed to start building are approved by president Arif Alvi and filed with the supreme court. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 17, 2022 | 7:11 am
Zambia restricts number of mining licences per company to five "We have had a lot of licences being used for speculative purposes and we want to curtail that," Zambia's mines minister Paul Kabuswe. Reuters | October 17, 2022 | 7:09 am
Sandvik profit beats forecast on strong orders, demand Sandvik says saw strong, broad-based demand in Q3. Reuters | October 17, 2022 | 7:03 am
Platinum-lanthanum alloy may give push to next-gen fuel cells Researchers at Tsinghua University have devised a method for combining platinum and lanthanum as an alloy to serve as a catalyst. MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 17, 2022 | 6:06 am
Endeavour Mining kicks off Lafigué gold mine construction The miner's 80%-owned gold project in Côte d’Ivoire is expected to begin production in the third quarter of 2024. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 17, 2022 | 3:52 am
