Gates, Bezos-backed KoBold Metals in four-continent quest for lithium
Mining News Pro - KoBold Metals, backed by a coalition of billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, has launched a four-continent search for deposits of lithium, the coveted metal used in batteries that power electric vehicles and high-tech devices.
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Bill Gates-backed mining startup wants to expand into Congo
Mining News Pro - KoBold Metals, a mining start-up backed by Bill Gates that’s developing a copper project in Zambia, is getting closer to investing in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Gates, Bezos-backed KoBold Metals to build copper-cobalt mine in Zambia
Mining News Pro - The start-up, which has Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures and the world’s top miner BHP (ASX:BHP) as shareholders, will use its artificial intelligence tools to process drilling data and optimize exploration for copper and cobalt at Mingomba.
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Burkina Faso investigates mine flood as search for eight workers drags on
Mining News Pro - Burkina Faso’s government has launched a judicial investigation into a flood at a zinc mine that left eight workers trapped, with rescue efforts entering a third week, it said.
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Bezos, Gates-backed KoBold Metals to begin Greenland drilling
Mining News Pro - Mineral exploration company KoBold Metals, backed by billionaires including Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, said on Thursday it would begin drilling in Greenland for critical materials used in electric vehicles.
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BHP inks exploration deal with Gates and Bezos-backed KoBold Metals
Mining News Pro - BHP has struck a deal to use artificial intelligence tools developed by KoBold Metals, a start-up backed by a coalition of billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, to look for critical materials used in electric vehicles (EVs) and clean energy technologies.
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Perpetua stock surges on antimony supply deal with Gates-backed battery developer
Mining News Pro - Perpetua Resources Corp. has entered into an agreement to supply a portion of antimony production from its Stibnite Gold project to Ambri Inc., establishing the foundation to help facilitate the decarbonization of energy grids in the US and around the world.
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Gates-backed firm joins Bluejay on battery metals quest
KoBold Metals, a start-up backed by a coalition of billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, has partnered with Britain’s Bluejay Mining (LON: JAY) to explore for critical materials used in electric vehicles (EVs) in Greenland.
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Gates and Bezos-backed firm signs up for Bluejay project
Mining News Pro - Triple-listed explorer Bluejay on Monday announced that it had inked a joint venture agreement with fellow explorer KoBold Metals over the Disko-Nuussuaq nickel/copper/cobalt/platinum project, in Greenland, sending its stock flying 26% in London.
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Gates, Bezos-backed fund offers $1bn to clean energy start-ups
Mining News Pro - Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), the clean-tech fund backed by billionaires including Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Michael Bloomberg, has raised $1 billion for the second time in four years to help start-ups capable of cutting global emissions.
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NSW investigates Springvale mine tragedy
Mining News Pro - The New South Wales Resources Regulator has confirmed a tragedy involving a Centennial Coal worker at the Springvale underground coal mine near Lithgow.
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Gates, Bezos-backed firm searching for cobalt in Canada
Mining News Pro - KoBold Metals, a start-up backed by a coalition of billionaires led by Bill Gates, plans to scour for cobalt in Canada using advanced mapping technology and it’s targeting northern Quebec, just south of Glencore’s Raglan nickel mine.
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BHP investigates raising Port Hedland export capacity
Mining News Pro - BHP is exploring options with stakeholders to increase its licensed iron ore export capacity from Port Hedland to beyond 290 million tonnes a year.
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Algorithms join cobalt hunt backed by Gates, Bezos and Dalio
Mining News Pro - A coalition of billionaires led by Bill Gates has thrown its financial weight behind a startup hoping to build a "Google Maps for the earth’s crust" to hunt for new sources of cobalt.
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MC Mining mitigates Uitkomst challenges, focuses on developing new projects
Mining News Pro - Despite having experienced a challenging quarter ended December 31 – the company’s second quarter of the 2019 financial year – ASX-, Aim- and JSE-listed MC Mining remains positive about the prospects for the full year.
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Westgold negates on SilverStream deal
Mining News Pro - Westgold Resources has struck a new sales agreement for its Mt Marion lithium royalties.
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US Sanctions Instigates MMK to Cease HRC Exports to Iran
Mining News Pr - MMK (Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works) which is Russia’s third largest steel manufacturer and has recently completed the reconstruction of its first blast furnace, has stopped deliveries to Iran on the backdrop of US Sanctions imposed on Iran.
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US Sanctions Instigates Russia and Kazakhstan to Cease HRC Export to Iran
Mining News Pro - Iran, the emerging steel market in MENA and World is likely to face US sanction on 6-Aug’18. US is cutting down all the possibilities of export and import trade with Iran. Recently, Russia and Kazakhstan have stepped back to do steel trade with Iran. The nations will be stopping HRC export to Iran over the prospects US reimposing sanctions on Iran.
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