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By Michael Allan McCrae Tinka Resources announced today 10.4 metre grading at 44% zinc at its Ayawilca project in central Peru. The company released assay results for seven recent holes from its ongoing resource step-out drill program. The results sent Tinka stock (CVE: TK) up 36% to 58 cents a share. Tinka’s CEO, Graham Carman, […]

By Felicia Chan BHP’s Escondida, the world’s largest copper mine, has an uncertain future as the contract between the main miners’ union and majority owner BHP is supposed to expire next month. The union demanded a bonus of around $34,000 and a 5% general wage increase for each worker. The two parties have been negotiating

By Michael Allan McCrae While demand for both lithium and cobalt is expected to soar due to electric vehicle adoption, the supply picture for both commodities is quite different. Unlike lithium, cobalt supply is mostly centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo which hobbles supply due to “. . .a lack of transparency in

By Cecilia Jamasmie The outlook for lithium continues to shine, with demand from companies that produce batteries to power electric cars, laptops and other high-tech devices, expected to increase more than thirtyfold by 2027, a new study shows. While the next nine years will drain less than 1% of the reserves in the ground, battery

By Cecilia Jamasmie The outlook for lithium continues to shine, with demand from companies that produce batteries to power electric cars, laptops and other high-tech devices, expected to increase more than thirtyfold by 2027, a new study shows. While the next nine years will drain less than 1% of the reserves in the ground, battery

By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud On Monday, Adero Law is planning to launch a class action that involves some 400 people and that is led by a former worker at BHP Billiton’s (ASX, NYSE:BHP) Mount Arthur coal mine. According to the Fairfax Media, the workers allege they were left $40 million worse off because they were

By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Residents of five German cities, including Berlin and Hamburg, took it to the streets on Sunday to protest against the country’s reliance on coal for power production. According to Deutsche Welle, the massive rallies were aimed at pressing the Angela Merkel administration two days before a state commission on coal consumption

By Frik Els Mining – and not just juniors – needs to tell a good story to attract investors into what is a notoriously tricky and volatile industry. With China’s infrastructure build-out peaking, the global auto industry’s transition to electric vehicles now provide that narrative. And perhaps start the next commodity supercycle. The next few

By Michael Allan McCrae Volkswagen is investing USD$100m in QuantumScape to accelerate the commercialization of its solid-state battery business. Solid-state batteries are a rival technology to lithium-ion batteries with advantages such as higher energy density, enhanced safety, fast-charging capability and significantly less space requirements. A successful solid state battery could potentially decrease the need for

By Frik Els After taking a breather yesterday copper was in retreat again on Thursday falling to $3.018 a pound or $6,650 a tonne, down nearly 9% or $640 a tonne since touching four-year highs just two weeks ago. Copper is often used as an indicator for economic prospects thanks to its widespread use in