Battery Metals Top Stories

Mineral Resources ups stake in lithium miner Azure Minerals

Azure, which is developing the Andover lithium and nickel-copper-cobalt project in Western Australia, continues to attract investment.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 3, 2023 | 4:05 am

SQM sells green bond to feed EV battery demand

The mining company on Thursday sold $750 million in dollar-denominated…

Bloomberg News | November 2, 2023 | 1:29 pm

Lithium producers stay bullish on EVs despite growing headwinds

A basket of prices for lithium tracked by Benchmark Mineral…

Reuters | November 2, 2023 | 12:34 pm

Zimbabwe lithium export earnings treble as projects take off

Africa’s top lithium producer, Zimbabwe hopes demand for the mineral…

Reuters | November 1, 2023 | 1:24 pm

China to invest $2.8 billion in Zimbabwe in lithium, energy

The planned investment, a tenfold increase on the $271 million…

Bloomberg News | November 1, 2023 | 4:16 am

Electric vehicle sales top $1 trillion in wake-up call for carmakers

Global auto sales are worth around $2.5 trillion a year.

Bloomberg News | February 14, 2023 | 7:17 am

Bluejay Mining pulls demerger plan, aims to raise $6 million

It said the spinoff of its battery and critical metals exploration unit, Disko Exploration, is no longer considered the right strategy.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 14, 2023 | 6:49 am

BYD to build $1.2bn EV battery plant in central China

The Chinese company's battery unit is aiming to build a facility with the capacity to produce 40 gigawatt hours per year of its Blade Battery.

Reuters | February 13, 2023 | 7:21 pm

France grants loan to Eramet’s SLN nickel unit to avert collapse

The French government has agreed to grant a 40 million euro loan to SLN.

Reuters | February 13, 2023 | 9:57 am

Commodities risk lurking in ESG funds now too big to ignore

Analysts estimate that the path to net zero may require digging up 5.2 billion metric tons of metals through 2050, which may be worth as much as $10 trillion.

Bloomberg News | February 13, 2023 | 7:01 am

Vulcan Energy to mine 60% more German lithium than planned

It now targets 24,000 tonnes of lithium a year from its brine resource in Germany — 60% higher than its previous goal of 15,000 tonnes.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 13, 2023 | 6:03 am

Discarded plastic bottles could become key components of li-ion batteries

Researchers have successfully upcycled waste PET plastic into polymer electrolytes, which are key components for safer lithium-ion batteries.

Staff Writer | February 13, 2023 | 5:00 am

LG Chem prepares to lock in mineral supplies

The South Korean company is doing “a lot of projects” to ensure it has a stable source of supply.

Bloomberg News | February 12, 2023 | 7:24 pm

Ford plans to build EV battery plant in Michigan with Chinese partner

Ford is moving ahead with the project despite uncertainty around how the US Treasury Department will interpret requirements in the Inflation Reduction Act.

Bloomberg News | February 12, 2023 | 9:00 am

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