Nickel royalty to boost Burundi’s budget by 40% by admin01 July 11, 2022 0 Burundi plans to increase its national budget by almost 40% for the fiscal year starting this month, July, as it... Read more
Suspension of Tenke cobalt exportation to cut 14% of world cobalt supply by admin01 July 10, 2022 0 An intensifying feud between shareholders of the giant Tenke Fungurume mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo may lead a... Read more
Electric Vehicle makers to go into mining over “insane” prices of cobalt, nickel and lithium by admin01 April 30, 2022 0 By Andy Home, Reuters. Henry Ford was right all along, it turns out. After decades of honing just-in-time global supply... Read more
Guinea junta pressure bauxite miners to build alumina refineries by admin01 April 20, 2022 0 The military junta that took control of Guinea in September is heaping pressure on multinational miners to refine raw bauxite,... Read more
Electric vehicle makers will “need to become miners” – Benchmark by admin01 April 17, 2022 0 Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s inaugural Battery Megafactories Europe 2022 event in Berlin concluded with a stark warning to automakers. According to... Read more
Congo and China Moly for arbitration over copper and cobalt dispute by admin01 April 10, 2022 0 Bloomberg News China Molybdenum Co. endorsed the involvement of an independent third-party to resolve its dispute with Democratic Republic of... Read more
Friedland secures rail deal to export Guinea iron ore by admin01 April 8, 2022 0 Bloomberg News A mining company controlled by billionaire Robert Friedland has secured access to a Liberian railway that opens the... Read more
Guinea increases control over mining sector, to ship 50% of miners’ output by admin01 April 7, 2022 0 Bloomberg News Guinea’s government plans to export half of miners’ output in a push to exert more control over the... Read more
Why metals are the oil of the future by admin01 January 12, 2022 0 By Alex Kimani The energy transition is in full swing, with electric vehicles supplanting gas guzzlers and solar panels and wind... Read more
Top 10 Risks and Opportunities for the Mining Sector in 2021 by admin01 April 12, 2021 0 Top 10 Risks and Opportunities for the Mining Sector in 2021 As ongoing disruption reorders global mining and metals rankings,... Read more