Battery Metals Top Stories

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

UBS and Goldman Sachs have trimmed their 2024 supply estimates by 33% and 26%, respectively.

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

Syrah Resources to raise $65m for Mozambique, US projects

Syrah's largest shareholder AustralianSuper will fund the projects.

Reuters | March 12, 2024 | 5:17 pm

In the race to mine the seabed, China takes a hard line

China holds five mining contracts, the most of any country.

Bloomberg News | July 31, 2023 | 11:22 am

Magna’s Crean Hill nickel project PEA outlines after-tax NPV of $175m over 15 years

The base case scenario for the PEA envisions a combination of open pit and underground mining, with mineable resources being sold to a third-party existing mill in Sudbury.

Staff Writer | July 31, 2023 | 9:12 am

Giyani Metals’ new K.Hill PEA produces $983m NPV for extended 57-year project life

An upside case scenario is also evaluated, with a post-tax NPV of $1.6 billion.

Staff Writer | July 31, 2023 | 9:09 am

Patriot says resource for Quebec lithium project confirms giant size

Long-awaited maiden resource for the CV5 pegmatite at the Corvette lithium project places the asset as No. 1 of its kind in the Americas.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 31, 2023 | 9:09 am

IGO flags impact to Kwinana ramp-up; profit jumps

Kwinana train 1 produced 142 tonnes of lithium hydroxide in the June quarter, down over 85% sequentially.

Reuters | July 31, 2023 | 8:33 am

Indonesia’s EV mission will be trickier than just mining nickel

President Joko Widodo flew to China last week with his EV dreams high on the agenda.

Bloomberg News | July 31, 2023 | 7:15 am

The mining world turns to Saudi cash for critical metal supply

Saudi Arabia is seeking to take minority stakes in global mining assets that will over time help provide access to supplies of strategic minerals.

Bloomberg News | July 30, 2023 | 11:32 am

India house amends mining rules to open lithium to private firms

The bill has to be approved by parliament’s upper house and India’s president before it becomes a law.

Bloomberg News | July 28, 2023 | 6:42 am

Laser pulses may help develop next-gen, high-capacity batteries

Using laser pulses, researchers modified a promising alternative electrode material known as MXene.

Staff Writer | July 28, 2023 | 6:04 am

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