Battery Metals Top Stories

LME nickel hits four-year low as 2025 opens with eyes on China

Prices for nickel, used in stainless steel and batteries, dropped towards $15,000 a ton on the London Metal Exchange.

Bloomberg News | January 2, 2025 | 9:09 am

Manganese X secures $1.4m investment from Sprott

Manganese X said it will use the proceeds to advance…

Staff Writer | January 2, 2025 | 8:56 am

Gates, Bezos-backed KoBold Metals raises $537 million in race for critical minerals

The funding round valued KoBold at $2.96 billion.

Staff Writer | January 2, 2025 | 8:41 am

Brazilian miner boosts rare earths output in challenge to China’s grip

Serra Verde started commercially producing concentrate in Brazil’s Goias state…

Bloomberg News | January 2, 2025 | 7:23 am

Cobalt miner Jervois in rescue deal after struggle to compete with China

A collapse in the price of cobalt has forced the…

Reuters | January 2, 2025 | 7:11 am

PRESS RELEASE: Taykwa Tagamou Nation and Canada Nickel announce $20 million investment partnership

Highlights: TORONTO, Dec. 16, 2024 /CNW/ – Taykwa Tagamou Nation (“TTN“) and Canada Nickel Company Inc. (“Canada Nickel” or the “Company“) (TSXV: CNC) (OTCQX: CNIKF) […]

Canada Nickel | December 16, 2024 | 8:55 am

Trump transition team to roll back Biden EV, emissions policies

Trump plans to cut EV support, impose tariffs on battery materials.

Reuters | December 16, 2024 | 7:09 am

Australia’s CEFC invests $75m in homegrown critical minerals

The CEFC was established in 2012 by the Australian government to help achieve its national goal of net zero emissions by 2050.

Staff Writer | December 15, 2024 | 11:02 am

Canada Nickel secures $14m investment from Taykwa Tagamou Nation

The project, on the Indigenous group’s traditional lands, holds one of the world’s largest reserves.

Henry Lazenby - The Northern Miner | December 13, 2024 | 4:27 pm

Norilsk Nickel plans to sell all it produces in 2025

The miner reported a 22% fall in first-half profit in August.

Reuters | December 13, 2024 | 7:59 am

China leads world in energy transition, Wood Mackenzie says

The world’s second-largest economy leads the energy transition and is on track to source half of its power from low-carbon energy.

Trish Saywell | December 13, 2024 | 7:41 am

Rio Tinto’s $2.5 billion lithium plan is a win for Milei

The miner plans to build a processing plant at Rincon with an annual capacity of 60,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate.

Bloomberg News | December 13, 2024 | 7:27 am

Exxaro said to have discussed acquiring South African manganese mine

The Tshipi Borwa mine produced 3.3 million tonnes of ore in 2022, making it the country’s second-biggest producer in that year.

Bloomberg News | December 12, 2024 | 10:29 am

Talon Metals receives $2.47m funding for nickel extraction research

The research will focus on the company's Tamarack project, which comprises an underground nickel-copper mine in central Minnesota and a battery mineral processing facility in North Dakota.

Staff Writer | December 12, 2024 | 9:28 am

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