Battery Metals Top Stories

US Strategic Metals, Missouri University partner on precursor cathode material research

Currently, most of the pCAM in the world is produced outside the United States.

Staff Writer | May 7, 2024 | 5:02 pm

Firebird Metals confirms low-cost Chinese manganese operation with feasibility study

According to the feasibility study, the projected capex of the…

Staff Writer | May 7, 2024 | 11:04 am

Piedmont Lithium wins US state mining permit after posting reclamation bond

State officials formally awarded the 16-page permit to Piedmont on…

Reuters | May 7, 2024 | 9:42 am

AMG Critical Materials hit by lower lithium and vanadium prices

Revenue of the Dutch company decreased 21% year-on-year to $358…

Reuters | May 7, 2024 | 9:40 am

Ganfeng seeks full control of lithium mine in Mali

The board of the miner approved the proposal to acquire…

Bloomberg News | May 7, 2024 | 7:44 am

How Canada – and Bay Street – squandered the chance to finance the critical minerals revolution

Capital has disappeared from Canada’s once-thriving junior mining industry.

Tim Kiladze - The Globe and Mail | November 10, 2023 | 4:11 pm

Ganfeng open to Mexico venture on canceled lithium mine

Ganfeng is attempting to navigate President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s statist approach in Mexico’s nascent lithium sector.

Bloomberg News | November 10, 2023 | 10:50 am

Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart enters rare earths business in Brazil

Brazilian Rare Earths will list on the ASX with a market capitalization of $220 million.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 10, 2023 | 10:27 am

Manganese-doped material may be crucial in energy-efficient computing

Manganese-doped germanium telluride could eventually lead to computers that need less than one millionth of the currently required energy to switch a bit, according to new research.

Staff Writer | November 10, 2023 | 4:32 am

CEZ luring car-battery producers as lithium mine decision nears

The biggest traded power producer in eastern Europe is “totally serious” about plans to extract the metal in the north of Czech Republic.

Bloomberg News | November 9, 2023 | 11:39 am

Ganfeng indefinitely postpones Mexican lithium target date amid gov’t spat

Decision follows Mexico's notice to Ganfeng's local subsidiaries in August cancelling nine of its concessions in the country.

Reuters | November 9, 2023 | 8:32 am

Li-Metal produces first batch of lithium metal ingots from scrap

Li-Metal’s reprocessing and casting technology reconfigures scrap lithium from sources such as lithium foil producers into ingots that may be used for anode production.

Staff Writer | November 9, 2023 | 5:00 am

Portugal activists urge suspension of lithium projects after PM quits

With more than 60,000 metric tons of known lithium reserves, Portugal is Europe's biggest lithium producer.

Reuters | November 8, 2023 | 2:48 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

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