Battery Metals Top Stories

Sigma Lithium CEO won’t sell the company at current lithium prices

The company said this week it plans to increase production to 520,000 metric tons per year by 2025.

Reuters | April 4, 2024 | 10:10 am

Congo suspends ERG subcontractors at major cobalt mine

The allegations mark the latest sign of frayed relations between…

Bloomberg News | April 4, 2024 | 5:12 am

Winsome Resources reveals plan to repurpose Renard diamond plant in Quebec for lithium

Quebec has seen an explosion of lithium spodumene discoveries in…

Henry Lazenby | April 3, 2024 | 1:11 pm

Mining for EV metals threatens gorillas and chimpanzees in Africa

Nearly 180,000 great apes in Africa are under threat as…

Bloomberg News | April 3, 2024 | 11:18 am

SEC: Tesla can’t dodge activist shareholder proposal on deep-sea mining

The proposal, filed by As You Sow, asked the US…

Staff Writer | April 3, 2024 | 8:06 am

UK pushes ban on new gas and diesel vehicles to 2035

Decision comes after pressure from the automotive industry, which argued the original 2030 deadline was too ambitious and unrealistic.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 21, 2023 | 9:24 am

Canada, Japan agree to work more closely on battery supply chains

Earlier this month a unit of South Korea's Solus Advanced Materials said it would will build a copper foil facility in Quebec.

Reuters | September 21, 2023 | 7:46 am

Top Philippine nickel miners may spend $2 billion in new plants

The Philippines has been pushing miners to invest in processing facilities instead of just shipping out raw ore.

Bloomberg News | September 21, 2023 | 7:00 am

Indonesia extends validity of mining production plans to three years

Indonesia will allow mining production plans to stay valid for three years with immediate effect.

Reuters | September 21, 2023 | 6:51 am

Battery metal miners lack serious policies on informed consent — report

An Oxfam report shows that many battery metal miners do not have the necessary policies to respect the rights of the communities impacted by their activities, especially Indigenous communities.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 20, 2023 | 8:00 am

Great Southern Copper expands into lithium in Chile

The UK-based mineral exploration company has secured the Monti lithium project, in the Salar de Atacama salt flat, for $2.26 million.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 20, 2023 | 6:03 am

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Sigma Lithium CEO won’t sell the company at current lithium prices

Congo suspends ERG subcontractors at major cobalt mine

Winsome Resources reveals plan to repurpose Renard diamond plant in Quebec for lithium

Mining for EV metals threatens gorillas and chimpanzees in Africa

SEC: Tesla can’t dodge activist shareholder proposal on deep-sea mining

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UK pushes ban on new gas and diesel vehicles to 2035

Canada, Japan agree to work more closely on battery supply chains

Top Philippine nickel miners may spend $2 billion in new plants

Indonesia extends validity of mining production plans to three years

Battery metal miners lack serious policies on informed consent — report

Great Southern Copper expands into lithium in Chile

Exxon evaluates lithium extracted from fracking wastewater

Chinese battery parts maker, African fund plan $2 billion venture in Morocco

Indonesia will not approve any new mining quotas for 2023