March 17, 2020

VW to start using high-nickel batteries for EVs

Next generation batteries will have 80% nickel, 10% cobalt and 10% manganese.

March 3, 2020

MINING.COM launches EV Battery Metals Index

The value of metals used in batteries for the nascent electric vehicle industry measured for the first time.

February 25, 2020

Lithium price: EVs will be $350bn market in just 15 years

Revenues for global energy storage market to grow at 15% per year through 2035, says new study.

February 12, 2020

South32 profit plunges on weak commodity prices

Prices of South32's top three commodities - metallurgical coal, aluminium and manganese - slumped in 2019.

February 4, 2020

Private capital raised for mining falls to 8-year low

New report shows four mining and metals funds together raised a paltry $300m in 2019, not even a tenth of the money flowing into farmland.

January 28, 2020

Manganese X, Kemetco achieve 99.8% purity in product for battery market

The companies are processing mineral from the Battery Hill mine.

January 2, 2020

Top 50 biggest stage.mining.companies enter 2020 near $1 trillion value

MINING.COM’s ranking of the world’s 50 largest stage.mining.companies based on market value shows a revived industry entering the 2020s, but with diverging […]

December 24, 2019

MINING.COM: Top 10 most popular posts of 2019

It's been a tumultuous year in mining and the most read articles of 2019 show an industry grappling with technological change, market volatility and climate change, but still unafraid to…

December 13, 2019

Eramet lowers H2 profit guidance after metal prices tumble

Eramet is reorganising its nickel operations in New Caledonia after years of losses.

December 5, 2019

Nickel, cobalt price: Electric car sales are tanking, but metal use spikes

According to a new report, in October the average EV sold globally contained 22% more nickel, 19% more cobalt and 15% more manganese than a year prior.