Battery Metals Top Stories

Sigma Lithium ‘confident’ of surpassing 2025 output target

The company's Phase 1 operation has a nameplate capacity of 270,000 tonnes per annum of lithium concentrate.

Staff Writer | January 6, 2025 | 2:30 pm

CMOC sets cobalt production record in 2024

The world's No. 1 cobalt miner produced 114,165 tonnes in…

Staff Writer | January 6, 2025 | 8:38 am

Trump says tariff policy won’t be pared back

The Washington Post reported that Trump aides were considering tariffs…

Staff Writer | January 6, 2025 | 7:57 am

Indonesia reviews nickel ore mining quota to steady prices

Indonesia last year approved annual nickel ore mining quotas of…

Reuters | January 3, 2025 | 7:20 am

China flexes lithium dominance with plans for tech-export curbs

Beijing proposes including battery cathode material preparation technology to its…

Bloomberg News | January 2, 2025 | 12:32 pm

Apple says it has told suppliers to stop buying minerals from Congo

Apple's statement came in response to a criminal complaint filed earlier in the day against the company in France and Belgium.

Reuters | December 17, 2024 | 3:18 pm

Nouveau Monde Graphite gets $50 million to fund Quebec project

The company has yet to finish a feasibility study and expects to reach a final investment decision in the first half of next year.

Bloomberg News | December 17, 2024 | 10:14 am

Column: Critical metals will be a key battleground in US-China trade war

It's clear that critical minerals will be China's weapon of choice in its escalating trade war with the United States.

Reuters | December 17, 2024 | 9:55 am

Congo files criminal complaints against Apple in Europe over conflict minerals

International lawyers said that Apple uses minerals pillaged from Congo and laundered through international supply chains.

Reuters | December 17, 2024 | 7:49 am

Australian graphite maker jumps on $755 million loan from US

Novonix has received a loan from the US Department of Energy to build a manufacturing plant in Tennessee.

Bloomberg News | December 17, 2024 | 6:54 am

Saudi Arabia has extracted lithium from oilfield runoffs, vice minister says

The country plans to launch a commercial pilot program for direct extraction soon.

Reuters | December 17, 2024 | 6:47 am

Canada to impose more tariffs on Chinese imports in new year

Ottawa has decided to apply tariffs to imports of critical minerals from China.

Reuters | December 17, 2024 | 6:38 am

Arcadium Lithium investors sue miner over Rio Tinto takeover

Three shareholders of Arcadium Lithium have sued the miner and its board alleging negligence in Rio Tinto $6.7 billion takeover.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 17, 2024 | 5:29 am

Norge Mining acquires Europe’s largest natural graphite producer

Skaland mine is the world's highest-grade, operating flake graphite mine and the fourth-largest graphite mine outside China.

Staff Writer | December 16, 2024 | 9:12 am

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