Battery Metals Top Stories

Channel samples at Frontier Lithium’s Pennock pegmatite return high grades

Highlights of the results include 3 metres grading 1.8% lithium oxide.

Staff Writer | December 29, 2023 | 10:10 am

Aneka Tambang sells shares of subsidiaries to world’s biggest EV battery company

Indonesian miner Aneka Tambang has sold shares worth $467.18 million to a unit…

Reuters | December 29, 2023 | 9:54 am

Nickel is year’s biggest metals loser, copper manages small gain

Nickel is poised to post an annual drop of more…

Bloomberg News | December 29, 2023 | 8:37 am

Chile president praises Codelco, SQM lithium deal ensuring state control

SQM said it would partner with Codelco for the future development…

Reuters | December 28, 2023 | 8:11 am

Codelco, SQM ink lithium partnership agreement

The two companies agreed to form a new company in…

Reuters | December 27, 2023 | 1:26 pm

Chile’s lithium plans not really ‘nationalization’ say experts

State-led production of the battery metal is seen by some analysts as a positive change, but likely years away.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 28, 2023 | 9:36 am

Stellantis, Australia’s Alliance Nickel ink deal for battery elements supply

Automaker has signed an agreement with the miner for the supply of battery grade nickel and cobalt sulphate from the NiWest project.

Reuters | April 28, 2023 | 8:10 am

US-EU critical minerals deal would give EU broader trade relief

An accord would essentially allow EU companies to take advantage of some of the benefits in the IRA.

Bloomberg News | April 28, 2023 | 7:52 am

One of the world’s lithium leaders looks like a shakier source

While it was well-telegraphed, Chile’s new model for lithium still surprised many investors.

Bloomberg News | April 28, 2023 | 7:46 am

Trudeau suggests China uses slave labor in lithium production

"If we're honest ... the lithium produced in Canada is going to be more expensive, because we don't use slave labour," he said as as he discussed Canada's efforts to ramp up production of the critical metal

Reuters | April 28, 2023 | 6:07 am

Researchers push for using microbes to recover minerals, store carbon from mine tailings

A new technique uses microbes to recover metals and store carbon from mine tailings.

Staff Writer | April 28, 2023 | 5:05 am

Chile’s state miner seeks $1.5 billion from lithium partner

Enami has the rights to five lithium deposits in the Siete Salares area, with a collective net asset value estimated in $2.5 billion.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 28, 2023 | 3:41 am

Peru wants to seize lithium ‘window of opportunity,’ says minister

The world's second largest copper producer, Peru has a lithium exploration project in the region of Puno, on the border with Bolivia.

Reuters | April 27, 2023 | 2:20 pm

South32 aims for downstream production of battery chemicals

Miner will consider moving into the production of manganese sulphate in the US.

Reuters | April 27, 2023 | 8:22 am

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