April 28, 2020

World’s mine workers resist quick restart amid coronavirus

Unions in both South Africa and Peru are openly encouraging members not to return to mines.

April 24, 2020

New China EV incentives fresh boost for cobalt, lithium price

Changing habits in China following covid-19 could add further stimulus but new EV subsidy rules could prove headache for Tesla in China.

April 23, 2020

Cobalt price, nickel usage limit damage to EV Metal Index

Value of cobalt, nickel, graphite and lithium in newly-sold electric cars hold up despite impact of covid-19 as EV industry focus shifts to Europe.

April 23, 2020

China’s EV battery sector frets over supply

China’s two biggest lithium suppliers, Tianqi and Ganfeng, have both issued profit warnings recently.

April 16, 2020

CHART: China’s stranglehold on electric car battery supply chain

China has not only shoved aside the US for rare earths, cobalt, graphite and lithium production – new study shows it controls 93% of world's manganese going into EVs.

April 15, 2020

American Manganese, Voltabox recycle li-ion batteries

Voltabox wants a recycling solution for its end-of-life battery system.

April 7, 2020

DeepGreen to make run for battery metals from seafloor

Unlike other seafloor miners, the company doesn’t want to drill, blast or dig the bottom of the ocean.

April 6, 2020

Covid-19 cuts $280bn swathe through top 50 stage.mining.companies

MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 largest stage.mining.companies based on market value shows a beleaguered industry at the end of the first quarter 2020.

March 27, 2020

Giyani gets approval for Lobatse environmental plan

The Botswana Department of Environmental Affairs has green lighted exploration at manganese project site.

March 17, 2020

Euro Manganese gathers customers for Czech project

Company is looking to develop a high-purity manganese production facility to reprocess tailings material from historic mining operations at Chvaletice.