Battery Metals Top Stories

Albemarle to auction lithium as part of push for price transparency

The first auction is planned for March 26.

Reuters | March 13, 2024 | 5:24 pm

The big lithium short gets ‘dangerous’ on lower supply outlook

UBS and Goldman Sachs have trimmed their 2024 supply estimates…

Bloomberg News | March 13, 2024 | 3:07 pm

US bill supporting seafloor mining lifts The Metals Company

The Responsible Use of Seafloor Resources Act was introduced on…

Staff Writer | March 13, 2024 | 9:57 am

Amid nickel glut, Indonesia’s next president vows to keep ‘downstreaming’ policy

The policy drew investments of billions of dollars from smelting…

Reuters | March 13, 2024 | 7:48 am

Wyloo says industry will turn from LME without green nickel

The LME said that low carbon nickel could already be…

Reuters | March 13, 2024 | 7:42 am

Chile lithium rebound offers relief to miners hit by China angst

Revenue from Chilean lithium shipments jumped 18% in August versus July.

Bloomberg News | September 8, 2023 | 7:36 am

Argentina to reach top three lithium producer spot by 2027

A string of lithium projects scheduled to start operations in the next four years could place the country just behind Australia and Chile.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 8, 2023 | 3:52 am

Antofagasta loses bid to revive Minnesota copper-nickel project

The project would have been one of the biggest US sources of metals needed to build electric vehicle batteries and other clean energy technologies.

Reuters | September 7, 2023 | 4:14 pm

Ghana sovereign wealth fund invests in nation’s first lithium mine

Ghana's Minerals Income Investment Fund will buy a 6% stake in Atlantic Lithium's projects in the country.

Reuters | September 7, 2023 | 2:24 pm

American Lithium trades higher as it continues to refine PEA flowsheet

A final calculated LC purity of 99.59% lithium carbonate equivalent was attained through the new optimized leach process.

Staff Writer | September 7, 2023 | 1:54 pm

Portugal’s Lusorecursos gets environmental OK for lithium mine

That puts the project in the northern Montalegre area near the Spanish border and with a planned investment of 650 million euros.

Reuters | September 7, 2023 | 10:07 am

Indonesia proposes critical minerals trade deal with US

The request was made when Indonesian President Joko Widodo met with US Vice President Kamala Harris this week.

Reuters | September 7, 2023 | 8:02 am

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince looks to metals as new source of wealth

Prince Mohammed bin Salman is prepared to pour billions of dollars into tapping the more than $1.3 trillion of metals his government says is buried in the country.

Bloomberg News | September 7, 2023 | 7:47 am

Vale Base Metals to invest $10 billion in Indonesia over next decade

Vale is exploring a copper mine, comparable to massive Grasberg site.

Reuters | September 7, 2023 | 6:38 am

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