February 6, 2026 Eramet’s finance chief steps aside temporarily, days after CEO ouster Company cited disagreements on "operating methods".
February 6, 2026 Saudi graphite plant is ‘wake-up call’ for Quebec, France: CEO North America’s only producer of natural graphite had been developing plans to build battery material facilities in Baie-Comeau, Quebec and France.
February 6, 2026 Virtus agrees to buy Congo cobalt miner amid US pact Virtus Minerals will pay an undisclosed sum for Chemaf and assume the firm’s liabilities, including debt owed to Trafigura.
February 6, 2026 Codelco forms joint venture with Quiborax for lithium exploration The partnership, called Minera Ascotan SpA, has an initial 34% stake for Codelco and 66% for Quiborax.
February 5, 2026 Environmental groups sue EU commission over Portugal lithium mine Projects like Savannah's in Portugal are seen as a key test of Europe's ability to produce lithium.
February 4, 2026 Momentum Technologies advances dual-track US processing for rare earths and battery materials Company has commissioned what it says is the world’s first demonstration-scale plant with capability to process both battery materials and rare earths.
February 4, 2026 Ardea Resources secures up to $700M funding for Kalgoorlie nickel project Project received letters of support for a potential funding of up to A$1 billion ($699.90 million), separately from Export Finance Australia and the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
February 4, 2026 Tianqi Lithium to trim SQM stake after governance tensions The Chinese company said it will offload as many as 3.57 million Class A shares.
February 4, 2026 Idemitsu and partners to build natural graphite anode supply chain Japan relies heavily on imported graphite, making stable sourcing a key challenge.
February 4, 2026 Tianqi Lithium reprices convertible bond sale after blunder The Chinese lithium giant revised its $375M convertible bond after Hong Kong rules were breached, raising the conversion price.
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
