Tesla secures 5-year lithium supply from Liontown Australia's Liontown Resources will provide the EV giant with more 100,000 tonnes of lithium spodumene concentrate a year, starting in 2024. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 16, 2022 | 4:03 am
Britishvolt secures $54 million from Glencore for UK gigafactory Glencore's backing is part of the battery plant developer’s £200 million Series C fundraising led by Bank of America. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 15, 2022 | 6:45 am
Glencore earmarks $1.5 billion for probes amid record profit The world’s biggest commodity trader expects long-running corruption investigations in the US and the UK to be resolved this year. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 15, 2022 | 3:51 am
Iamgold appoints independent directors, new chair to board The gold miner has reached a deal with an investor seeking changes at the top. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 14, 2022 | 7:00 am
Serbians stage tent protest in push for nationwide lithium mining ban Activists have pledged to camp outside the presidential building until a permanent halt to lithium exploration and mining is ordered. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 11, 2022 | 4:05 am
Gates, Bezos-backed firm gets cash injection to find battery metals KoBold Metals, which uses AI to create a “Google Maps” of the Earth’s crust, raised $192.5 million in its latest financing round. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 10, 2022 | 6:48 am
Centerra Gold, Kyrgyzstan close to Kumtor out-of-court deal Prime Minister Akylbek Japarov said the government was in the final stages of settling its dispute with Centerra over the massive gold mine. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 10, 2022 | 3:52 am
Alrosa adjusts sales schedule to ease supply shortage The move will allow buyers to get their hands on rough diamonds sooner than planned, helping ease current undersupply. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 9, 2022 | 8:32 am
Anglo American switches on new Aquila met coal mine The milestone marks Aquila’s final stages of construction and commissioning, on schedule and within the budgeted $226 million. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 9, 2022 | 5:52 am