Cobalt Top Stories

TMC shares surge on high-grade alloy production

The company produced high-grade nickel-copper-cobalt alloy and manganese silicate at a facility in Japan.

Staff Writer | February 19, 2025 | 9:10 am

Cobalt price hits lowest since 2016 amid record production

China’s CMOC set a new production record last year and…

Staff Writer | January 27, 2025 | 1:05 am

Deep sea mining puts $560 billion in land extraction at risk — report

Deep sea mining is expected to negatively affect countries that…

MINING.COM Editor | November 14, 2024 | 1:00 am

How resource ‘classification debt’ chips away at miners’ growth and investor trust

Over the past decade, resource misclassification has saddled the mining…

Henry Lazenby | October 18, 2024 | 2:00 pm

Pink sea pigs, transparent sea cucumbers discovered in area targeted by deep-sea miners

A 45-day research expedition to the Clarion Clipperton Zone between…

Staff Writer | June 6, 2024 | 6:06 am

New project to investigate if California’s Lithium Valley is the world’s largest brine source of lithium

Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UC Riverside, and Geologica Geothermal Group have launched a project to both quantify and characterize […]

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 20, 2022 | 6:26 am

Global EV sales jumped in 2021, as did deployment of high nickel battery chemistries

Global EV sales jumped 83% year-on-year in 2021, insights from Adamas Intelligence show. According to the market analyst, over 98% of all […]

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 18, 2022 | 6:06 am

‘Endangered metals’ not needed anymore to produce hydrogen from water

A new, rare metal-free method for producing hydrogen from water has been discovered by a team of researchers at the RIKEN Center […]

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 16, 2022 | 5:05 am

Solid-state sodium batteries get a makeover

Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have developed a new material that improves the performance of solid-state sodium batteries, which are […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 14, 2022 | 6:06 am

Market interest in silicon, lithium-metal battery anodes only growing – report

A new report by IDTechEx estimates that incorporating 20% silicon into an anode could improve a battery’s energy density by 17%, this […]

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 13, 2022 | 6:16 am

Wheaton pledges to reach net zero by 2050

Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX: WPM; NYSE: WPM; LSE: WPM) announced enhanced climate change and environmental commitments with new, formal policies as part […]

Marilyn Scales | February 9, 2022 | 10:38 am

CATL, LG, Panasonic deployed record GWh of passenger EV battery capacity in 2021

A new report by Adamas Intelligence states that 2021 saw a record 286.2 GWh of passenger EV battery capacity deployed onto roads […]

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 9, 2022 | 6:06 am

Researchers enhance durability of lithium-sulphur batteries with dye

Rechargeable lithium-sulphur (Li-S) batteries have theoretical high performance and low costs, but they are not considered reliable enough for widespread use. Now, […]

Marilyn Scales | February 7, 2022 | 9:53 am

Wheaton meets 2021 guidance with 750,220 oz. gold-equivalent; plans 20% growth

Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX: WPM; NYSE: WPM) counted 2021 production and declared it to be within guidance for all metals – 342,564 […]

Marilyn Scales | February 7, 2022 | 8:05 am

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TMC shares surge on high-grade alloy production

Cobalt price hits lowest since 2016 amid record production

Deep sea mining puts $560 billion in land extraction at risk — report

How resource ‘classification debt’ chips away at miners’ growth and investor trust

Pink sea pigs, transparent sea cucumbers discovered in area targeted by deep-sea miners

New project to investigate if California’s Lithium Valley is the world’s largest brine source of lithium

Global EV sales jumped in 2021, as did deployment of high nickel battery chemistries

‘Endangered metals’ not needed anymore to produce hydrogen from water

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