Battery Metals Top Stories

Indonesia’s Jan-Oct nickel ore imports surge by 50 times from year ago

The world's biggest nickel producer has bought record volumes of the ore from the Philippines since April.

Reuters | November 15, 2024 | 10:21 am

Zimbabwe lithium miners want royalties to be linked to prices

The battery metal has slumped from a peak in late…

Bloomberg News | November 15, 2024 | 9:46 am

Trump’s transition team aims to kill Biden EV tax credit

Transition team is planning to kill the $7,500 consumer tax…

Reuters | November 15, 2024 | 8:10 am

Critical Metals expects new feasibility study for Wolfsberg lithium project in Q1 2025

Wolfsberg represents Europe's first fully permitted spodumene mine, and potentially…

Staff Writer | November 14, 2024 | 10:42 am

Lithium in nascent rebound, but long-term outlook is bleak

Lithium is enjoying a mini-revival on an uptick in Chinese…

Bloomberg News | November 14, 2024 | 9:25 am

Northvolt says it will be able to pay its upcoming taxes

Cash-strapped Northvolt announced in September that it would slim down and cut jobs.

Reuters | October 10, 2024 | 12:41 pm

Teck CEO says Canada must spend more to erode China’s critical minerals dominance

Price noted that Canada has committed $4 billion over eight years to support critical mineral development, compared to $20 billion that China invested in 2023.

Bloomberg News | October 10, 2024 | 11:45 am

Mining stocks may drop 20% if US tariffs imposed – JPMorgan

The bank cited tariffs as a key factor behind the sector's more than 10% drop in 2017-2018 during the Trump administration.

Staff Writer | October 10, 2024 | 9:58 am

Zimbabwe plans incentives to encourage mineral processing

Zimbabwe has banned the export of unprocessed raw lithium and “base minerals” to boost domestic processing.

Bloomberg News | October 10, 2024 | 7:39 am

LMFP battery technology breakthrough could increase EV range by 20%, Integrals Power says

The company's LMFP materials feature 80% manganese, instead of the 50-70% typically found in competing materials.

Staff Writer | October 9, 2024 | 4:02 pm

Rio arrives in lithium with a survival-of-the-fittest mentality

The company is planning to invest heavily in further expansion ahead of an anticipated 2030s demand boom.

Bloomberg News | October 9, 2024 | 2:19 pm

Canada’s green taxonomy unlikely to include new natural gas projects

The taxonomy will include both low-emitting “green” activities and “transition” activities that enable decarbonization.

Bloomberg News | October 9, 2024 | 2:11 pm

US Strategic Metals, Stillwater Critical Minerals enter MOU

USSM plans to mine what it considers to be the largest cobalt reserve in North America.

Staff Writer | October 9, 2024 | 11:15 am

Northern Graphite, Rain Carbon to develop natural graphite battery anode

Their innovation will address the stability gap between natural and synthetic graphite.

Staff Writer | October 9, 2024 | 10:20 am

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