Battery Metals Top Stories

Scientists get better understanding of how rare earth metal in lightbulbs forms

Cerium is a rare earth metal that is used in some types of lightbulbs and flat-screen TVs.

Staff Writer | March 27, 2024 | 6:48 am

Chile opens 26 lithium salt flats to private companies

Tender process for the lithium-rich flats, excluding Atacama and Maricunga,…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 27, 2024 | 3:33 am

Tsingshan unit plans Indonesian battery plant as trade frictions mount

The plant will be housed alongside Tsingshan’s existing operations in…

Bloomberg News | March 26, 2024 | 7:37 pm

Li-Cycle to cut 17% of staff amid battery recycling growing pains

The company has struggled with construction cost overruns at its…

Reuters | March 26, 2024 | 2:39 pm

Fortune Minerals gets federal funding for Northwest Territories project, Alberta refinery

$526,200 funding for the production of cobalt sulphate and bismuth…

Staff Writer | March 26, 2024 | 11:35 am

X-Batt and Consol collaborate on coal-based battery tech

Researchers emphasized that many mines set to close soon don't have plans for future operations or transitioning to a post-coal economy.

Henry Lazenby | October 11, 2023 | 11:35 am

ERG signs deal to sell cobalt to US battery materials producer

ERG said it would sell 3,000 metric tons of contained cobalt metal a year to EVelution.

Reuters | October 11, 2023 | 10:21 am

Eramet rues timid European banks, sees lithium plant costing $1.5 billion

Eramet aims to start producing lithium in Argentina in the second quarter of next year.

Reuters | October 11, 2023 | 7:46 am

India sets lithium mining royalty at 3% of LME prices

The government also set the royalty for niobium at 3% of the average sale price, and for rare earth elements at 1% of the average sale price of rare earth oxide.

Reuters | October 11, 2023 | 7:43 am

Piedmont Lithium to invest in Newfoundland lithium project

Piedmont will acquire a 19.9% interest in Vinland Lithium, which owns Killick Lithium.

Reuters | October 11, 2023 | 7:40 am

Billionaire Paolo Rocca has a plan B if Alpha Lithium bid fails

Tecpetrol SA is giving shareholders in Alpha Lithium until Oct. 20 to accept a “best and final offer” that’s worth $210 million to $230 million.

Bloomberg News | October 10, 2023 | 1:51 pm

Some EU states baulking at streamlined mine permitting, says commissioner

Under the draft CRMA, strategic mine projects would have to get permits within 24 months.

Reuters | October 10, 2023 | 9:33 am

New South Wales’ largest battery system goes live

Tesla Megapack systems to power thousands of homes and businesses and add grid stability, says Edify.

Staff Writer | October 9, 2023 | 4:45 pm

Iron ore billionaire’s lithium raid leaves investors guessing

“Investors seem keen to know Rinehart’s plan,” Seth Goldstein, an equity strategist at Morningstar, said.

Bloomberg News | October 6, 2023 | 3:36 pm

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