Battery Metals Top Stories

Indonesia weighs deep cuts to nickel mining to boost prices

Indonesia is considering deep cuts to nickel mining quotas as it seeks to boost slumping prices of the battery metal.

Bloomberg News | December 19, 2024 | 4:39 am

Australian graphite firms petition US on alleged China dumping

Australia's Novonix has joined the American Active Anode Material Producers…

Reuters | December 18, 2024 | 3:32 pm

US graphite miners ask Washington to impose 920% tariff on Chinese rivals

An existing tariff of 25% on most Chinese graphite is…

Reuters | December 18, 2024 | 2:29 pm

Chile’s Enami eyes lithium license in boost to partner search

Altoandinos would be the first project to go through community…

Bloomberg News | December 18, 2024 | 12:25 pm

Idemitsu to take majority stake in Australian vanadium developer Vecco

Vecco is developing the Debella project in Queensland, focusing on…

Reuters | December 18, 2024 | 10:02 am

Bolivia says China’s CBC to invest $1 billion in lithium plants

The government will take a 51% stake in the project, to be located in the Uyuni salt flat in southwest Bolivia.

Reuters | November 26, 2024 | 9:17 am

Critical Metals makes gallium discovery at Tanbreez REE project

The concentration of gallium reached up to 147 parts per million Ga2O3, according to initial drilling analysis.

Staff Writer | November 26, 2024 | 8:45 am

Vulcan in talks with producers to license lithium technology

Vulcan began producing lithium hydroxide earlier this month from its Rhine Valley operations using adsorption direct lithium extraction.

Reuters | November 26, 2024 | 7:59 am

Rio Tinto-backed lithium tech startup set to raise second round of funds

ElectraLith is developing a filtration technology that can extract lithium from brine deposits without using water or chemicals.

Reuters | November 25, 2024 | 6:49 am

Australia to propose tax incentives for critical minerals

The proposed law will set up a tax incentive worth 10% of relevant processing and refining costs for 31 critical minerals.

Reuters | November 24, 2024 | 3:25 pm

Column: Trump 2.0 won’t reverse Biden’s critical minerals push

Donald Trump has described the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as a "green scam" and vowed to repeal it after he returns to the White House in January.

Reuters | November 23, 2024 | 3:06 pm

Could Trump’s deregulation quest speed permitting in Canada too?

Rolling back environmental regulations and speeding up permitting for oil and gas as well as mining projects could put pressure on Canada to do the same.

Alisha Hiyate - The Northern Miner | November 22, 2024 | 2:19 pm

Silicon metal tapped to replace graphite in electric vehicle battery anodes

Silicon can hold 10 times as many lithium ions by weight as graphite, but developing the battery technology to scale sustainably has met its share of challenges.

Amanda Stutt | November 22, 2024 | 1:01 pm

Indonesia curbing nickel supply to support locals, Eramet says

The French miner was this year given a sales quota by the Asian nation that was 29% less than it expected.

Bloomberg News | November 22, 2024 | 8:07 am

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