Battery Metals Top Stories

France wants to revive copper mining and speed up green projects

Copper mining has been halted in France for more than two decades.

Bloomberg News | April 12, 2024 | 7:41 am

Gina Rinehart-backed lithium hopeful surges after demo batch

Vulcan Energy has gained nearly 40% this week after announcing…

Bloomberg News | April 11, 2024 | 7:56 am

Canada Nickel starts working on Crawford, eyes 2027 production

The company has started front end engineering design at the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 11, 2024 | 5:39 am

Tianqi takes another shot at probing SQM-Codelco lithium deal

It’s the latest twist in tensions between SQM and its…

Bloomberg News | April 10, 2024 | 6:47 pm

Vulcan Energy starts its first lithium chloride production in Germany

The German government has created a €1.1 billion investment fund…

Reuters | April 10, 2024 | 3:42 pm

The Metals Company returns to seafloor test mining site to assess ecosystem

TMC is sending a team back to NORI-D, the site of last year’s work, as it continues its environmental studies in preparation for commercial mining.

Staff Writer | November 8, 2023 | 10:45 am

Atlas Lithium raises $20 million from investors led by former Allkem chairman

Earlier this year, Atlas also raised $20 million by selling a 3% gross overriding revenue royalty on the Das Neves project.

Staff Writer | November 8, 2023 | 9:33 am

Piedmont shares up on inaugural revenue and profit

The company reported adjusted net income of $17 million during the third quarter of 2023.

Staff Writer | November 8, 2023 | 9:20 am

Saudi Arabia’s next act is supplying the world with EV batteries

The world’s biggest oil producer is now also aiming to become a key hub for making batteries.

Bloomberg News | November 8, 2023 | 7:43 am

Private South Africa port project set to boost manganese exports

Manganese is the fourth-most used metal globally by tonnage.

Bloomberg News | November 7, 2023 | 1:48 pm

RANKED: World’s top 10 graphite projects

Graphite grabbed recent news headlines when China announced it will require export permits for some graphite products.

MINING.com Editor | November 7, 2023 | 11:03 am

What green energy transition? Half of mining still exploring for gold

New study shows a $1.1 billion drop in gold exploration budgets this year as juniors struggle to raise capital, but the precious metal still accounts for 46% of the total.

Frik Els | November 7, 2023 | 8:34 am

Albemarle risks losing lithium market to China on weak prices

The US lithium giant controls about 13% of the global market this year, while Chinese producers have grown their share to 63%.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 7, 2023 | 6:13 am

Bill Gates-backed mining startup wants to expand into Congo

KoBold is exploring around the world for new deposits of metals that are key to the global green-energy transition.

Bloomberg News | November 6, 2023 | 11:19 am

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