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How our green transition and hunger for battery metals devastate Africa and the Congo
Siddharth Kara
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Mine waste could become some of ‘new resources of the future’ for critical minerals, executive says
Ore is hauled from the Kennecott's Bingham Canyon Copper Mine Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Herriman, Utah. Rio The Utah copper mining company will begin manufacturing, tellurium, a rare mineral used in solar panels that used to be discarded along with the other mine tailings. The company says it is one of two in the U.S. to produce the tellurium, which is listed as a “critical mineral” by the U.S. government. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Citi analyst sees a buying opportunity for cobalt and lithium miners
A truck carries rocks extracted from a cobalt mine at a copper quarry and cobalt pit in Lubumbashi on May 23, 2016.
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Apple to use only recycled cobalt in batteries by 2025
FILE PHOTO: Logo of an Apple store is seen as Apple Inc. reports fourth quarter earnings in Washington, U.S., January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
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EV battery makers race to develop cheaper cell materials, skirting China
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: General Motors assembly workers connect a battery pack underneath a partially assembled 2018 Chevrolet Bolt EV vehicle on the assembly line at Orion Assembly in Lake Orion, Michigan, U.S., March 19, 2018. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo/File Photo
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Friday’s small-cap stocks to watch
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Electra Battery Materials wins LG contract as it seeks funding to finish Ontario cobalt plant construction
This file photo taken on June 11, 2021 shows a visitor walking past the booth of LG Energy Solution during the InterBattery 2021 exhibition at COEX in Seoul. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Canada set to ramp up protectionism against China in critical minerals amid domination by Asian superpower in key metals for clean energy transition
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
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Commodities in ‘perfect storm’ says ERG, as crisis starts super cycle
FILE PHOTO: Birds fly past Eurasian Resources Group's Aksu Power Plant on the outskirts of the town of Aksu, northeastern Kazakhstan, February 22, 2018. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo
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As Canada builds its battery metals industry, can it compete with the world’s behemoths?
Petro-Canada's electric vehicle charging station is shown on display at the Canadian International Auto Show, in Toronto, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. Ottawa is set to pour an unprecedented amount of public money into the mining and metals sector, as growing global demand for electric vehicles creates what industry insiders describe as a "once-in-a-generation" opportunity for Canadian resources.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
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Little-known metals that are vital for renewable power. Plus, markets rethink the January pullback and why the BlackBerry blues will continue
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 17, 2021, GMC Hummer EVs on an assembly line at he General Motors Factory ZERO electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan. - General Motors saw lower fourth-quarter profits as the semiconductor crunch hit vehicle sales, but the company still scored record annual earnings, according to results released February 1, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Canada’s First Cobalt resumes drilling at Iron Creek project in Idaho
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The best credit cards for millennials, Gen Z and all foodies
Rob Carrick
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The infrastructure war between China and the United States is fuelling the commodities rally
Eric Reguly
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Copper prices hit 8-year high on pandemic-induced government spending and tightening supplies
credit INMET Cobre Panama mine site.
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China Moly buys 95% of DRC copper-cobalt mine from U.S.-based Freeport for $550-million
FILE PHOTO: Excavators and drillers at work in an open pit at Tenke Fungurume, a copper and cobalt mine 110 km (68 miles) northwest of Lubumbashi in Congo's copper-producing south. January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Jonny Hogg/File Photo
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Sherritt International CEO David Pathe stepping down after completing restructuring
Toronto, Ontario - September 30, 2020 -- Sherritt International -- David Pathe, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sherritt International, poses for a picture in Toronto, Wednesday, September 30, 2020. (Mark Blinch/Globe and Mail)
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B.C. miner’s shareholders win big in Congo bribery case
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Tesla’s reluctant commitment to cobalt a warning to others
Tesla China-made Model 3 vehicles are seen during a delivery event at its factory in Shanghai.
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Global mining giant prepares for electric vehicle future with $700-million cobalt deal
An artisanal miner clears an opening to a mine shaft May 12, 2012 at a cobalt mine just outside the city Likasi in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Beyond cobalt: The metals that may see explosive demand from the electric-vehicle boom
The demand for cobalt, used in lithium ion batteries, is increasing with the transformation in auto manufacturing.