Tesla “battery day” a possible blow to cobalt miners

Following its emergence from bankruptcy protection three months ago, Stelco filed Wednesday a preliminary prospectus with securities regulators in Canada for a proposed initial public offering of its shares.

Anti-mining activists were escorted out from a hotel by police after they tried to enter a conference where they thought representatives from Dalradian Resources would be in attendance.

Stock closed 12.2% higher at 64.80p, after it had fallen on Tuesday to its lowest since late 2015.

“If we don’t do anything we will continually be disappointed and the industry will slowly dig itself into a hole of irrelevance and oblivion.”

London-based Graff Diamonds paid nearly $47,777 per carat

Mineral Mountain Resources wants to drill 20 holes on federal land a couple miles south of the community of Rochford

Rumours point at US chemical company Albenarle Corporation as the first potential buyer for PotashCorp interest in SQM, worth about $4.5 billion.

CEO Patrick Pouyanne said the company’s priority was "value over volume", adding that oil sands were among the high breakeven projects in Total's portfolio.

The sale of the Suffield assets to to International Petroleum Corporation is expected to close before the end of the year.