Battery Metals Top Stories

US, UK make progress on critical minerals agreement, US says

US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said "significant progress" was made on a US-UK critical minerals agreement in talks on Saturday in Japan.

Reuters | October 28, 2023 | 8:27 pm

Copycat Chinese lithium firms back Nigerian processing plant

The $250 million project is a response to the Nigerian…

Bloomberg News | October 27, 2023 | 7:41 am

Indonesia’s high-grade nickel ore reserves may be depleted in 6 years

Indonesia's high-grade 1.7% nickel ore is mainly used for the…

Reuters | October 27, 2023 | 7:16 am

Researchers figure out efficient way to produce key ingredient in Li-ion batteries

Japanese scientists synthesized lithium cobalt oxide at low temperatures.

Staff Writer | October 27, 2023 | 5:31 am

Rinehart buys 18% stake in Azure Minerals to block SQM takeover

Hancock Prospecting's stake in Azure is just short of the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 27, 2023 | 3:47 am

The fossil-fuel elephant in the electrification room

The transition from fossil fuels to electrified transportation and renewable energy is predicated on two assumptions, both of which are false.

Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | February 3, 2023 | 11:53 am

Canada faces pressure to ban deep-sea mining

Scientists and NGOs are asking Ottawa to ban the activity, as the country hosts an international marine conservation summit that kicks off on Friday in Vancouver.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 3, 2023 | 6:52 am

How a Soviet nuclear site could be key to Europe’s EV market

A radioactive pond filled in and covered in grass in Sillamae, Estonia, is host to the only major processing plant outside Asia for rare earth metals used in the automotive industry.

Bloomberg News | February 1, 2023 | 10:09 am