Battery Metals Top Stories

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 of CATL.

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

Cash-strapped Horizonte Minerals secures $20 million interim funding

The latest funding package ensures that the company has the…

Staff Writer | December 27, 2023 | 11:55 am

Biden offers $450m for clean energy projects at coal mines

It will also provide $16 million to two universities to complete studies for extracting rare earths and other critical minerals from coal ash.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 4, 2023 | 3:48 am

FPX Nickel and Japan agree to explore globe for ‘disruptive’ awaruite

JOGMEC is to cover as much as $483,000 annually for two years in the search for deposits of the nickel-iron alloy at the Klow project in British Columbia.

Staff Writer | April 3, 2023 | 12:13 pm

Wyloo says offer for Mincor is ‘best and final’ after nickel miner withdraws guidance

Wyloo has determined that the current offer price of $1.40 per share will not be increased, in the absence of a competing proposal.

Staff Writer | April 3, 2023 | 11:13 am

RANKED: World’s top 10 biggest lithium operations

Albemarle’s Greenbushes hard rock mine in Australia holds top spot.

MINING.com Editor | April 3, 2023 | 11:10 am

Factbox: Automakers accelerate the drive to secure battery raw materials

Rising demand for EVs is encouraging automakers such as Tesla, Volkswagen and Stellantis to step up efforts to secure raw materials.

Reuters | April 3, 2023 | 7:57 am

Tribeca sees China tensions powering new green metals bets

Rising geopolitical tensions and the prospect of industrial decoupling are fueling a surge of interest in the processing of energy-transition metals outside China.

Bloomberg News | April 3, 2023 | 7:12 am

Australia’s energy storage capacity needs 10-fold increase by 2050 – report

Rapidly rising energy demand spurred by the ongoing electrification of building and transport industries requires that Australia grows its energy storage capacity at least 10-fold by 2050.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 2, 2023 | 1:11 pm