Battery Metals Top Stories

China plans to boost state cobalt reserves after prices drop

Cobalt is among battery materials that are suffering sharp price declines from rising global output this year.

Bloomberg News | October 23, 2023 | 6:57 am

Horizonte Minerals in talks to fund nickel project overrun

The Araguaia project is facing a 35% cost jump and…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 23, 2023 | 5:05 am

SQM buys 30% stake in Australia’s Pirra Lithium

The Chilean lithium giant will ultimately increase its interest to…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 23, 2023 | 3:45 am

Strategic Minerals to ‘fight’ for reopening of suspended section at its Spanish tin-tantalum mine

Strategic Minerals Europe issued a media statement saying it will…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 21, 2023 | 3:22 pm

South Star eyes faster ramp up of Brazil graphite mine

The Santa Cruz project's output could reach 50,000 metric tons…

Reuters | October 20, 2023 | 1:27 pm

Glencore joins world’s first battery passport pilot

The miner spearheaded the first pilot passport leveraging the ReSource platform in collaboration with its Kamoto Copper subsidiary LG Energy Solution and Tesla.

Staff Writer | January 26, 2023 | 10:05 am

Clean energy sets $1.1 trillion record that’s bound to be broken

2022 was the first year when investment in decarbonizing energy surpassed $1 trillion.

Bloomberg News | January 26, 2023 | 8:03 am

Eramet targets 10,000 tonnes of lithium per year from French project

Eramet is also planning to develop recycling of electric vehicle batteries in France with Suez.

Reuters | January 26, 2023 | 7:13 am

LME expands nickel committee to help improve contract, dwindling volumes

Nickel volumes on the LME crashed 28% last year from 2021.

Reuters | January 26, 2023 | 7:07 am

EU urges European banks to step up funding for critical minerals

The EU is due to unveil its Critical Raw Materials Act on March 8 to secure the bloc's supply of critical raw materials.

Reuters | January 25, 2023 | 10:38 am

Mexico seeking accord with lithium firm in Sonora state

Ganfeng has been developing a major lithium project in the northern border state of Sonora.

Reuters | January 25, 2023 | 7:51 am

UK university, Bolivian government join forces to boost lithium industry

The initiative backs Bolivia’s ambition to provide 40% of the world’s supply of lithium by 2030.

Staff Writer | January 25, 2023 | 6:06 am

American Lithium buys back royalty on TLC project in Nevada

The TLC property is host to a near-surface lithium claystone deposit that is amenable to low-cost, sustainable mining methods.

Staff Writer | January 24, 2023 | 9:17 am

EU metals industry urges aid to rival US green energy package

French President Emmanuel Macron called for an EU package amounting to 2% of its economic output to rival the $370 billion US plan.

Bloomberg News | January 24, 2023 | 8:24 am

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