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

Lithium Royalty seeks to buy rival to gain Argentina stake

Lithium Royalty made an unsolicited offer to acquire TNR Gold for 8 Canadian cents per share on Friday.

Bloomberg News | October 2, 2023 | 9:54 am

Slumping lithium prices signal angst over China’s demand outlook

Lithium prices are spiraling down toward the lowest level in two years on concerns over the strength of Chinese demand.

Bloomberg News | October 2, 2023 | 8:49 am

US optimistic it will reach critical minerals deal with EU

After signing a minerals deal with Japan in March, the US, along with both the EU and Britain, is now seeking similar agreements.

Reuters | October 2, 2023 | 8:33 am

Hancock inches towards blocking stake in Liontown amid Albemarle bid

Hancock said on Friday it raised its stake from 10.7% last month to 12.4%.

Reuters | October 1, 2023 | 4:15 pm

Glencore may look elsewhere for recycling hub after Italy rejects fast-track approval

Glencore and Li-Cycle planned to develop a recycling hub in Portovesme by repurposing Glencore's existing production sites on the island.

Reuters | October 1, 2023 | 8:15 am

LIBs’ safer cousins, KIBs, under the microscope

Scientists explore water-in-salt electrolytes used in potassium-ion batteries to make them more stable thermally and chemically.

Staff Writer | October 1, 2023 | 5:41 am

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

Chile opens 26 lithium salt flats to private companies

Tsingshan unit plans Indonesian battery plant as trade frictions mount

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

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

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Lithium Royalty seeks to buy rival to gain Argentina stake

Slumping lithium prices signal angst over China’s demand outlook

US optimistic it will reach critical minerals deal with EU

Hancock inches towards blocking stake in Liontown amid Albemarle bid

Glencore may look elsewhere for recycling hub after Italy rejects fast-track approval

LIBs’ safer cousins, KIBs, under the microscope

Sigma Lithium questions reporting on Brazil mineral rights ‘injunction’

Quebec in talks with battery, auto makers for $11bn in EV-related investments

Argentina seeks to tax lithium boom to avoid region’s resource curse