Battery Metals Top Stories

Eramet rues timid European banks, sees lithium plant costing $1.5 billion

Eramet aims to start producing lithium in Argentina in the second quarter of next year.

Reuters | October 11, 2023 | 7:46 am

India sets lithium mining royalty at 3% of LME prices

The government also set the royalty for niobium at 3%…

Reuters | October 11, 2023 | 7:43 am

Piedmont Lithium to invest in Newfoundland lithium project

Piedmont will acquire a 19.9% interest in Vinland Lithium, which…

Reuters | October 11, 2023 | 7:40 am

Billionaire Paolo Rocca has a plan B if Alpha Lithium bid fails

Tecpetrol SA is giving shareholders in Alpha Lithium until Oct.…

Bloomberg News | October 10, 2023 | 1:51 pm

Some EU states baulking at streamlined mine permitting, says commissioner

Under the draft CRMA, strategic mine projects would have to…

Reuters | October 10, 2023 | 9:33 am

Terrafame to start mining uranium in Finland by mid-2024

The miner will extract uranium as a byproduct of zinc and nickel production and aims to produce 200 tonnes per year by 2026.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 21, 2022 | 6:13 am

Sigma Lithium begins Brazil mine plant commissioning

Sigma expects the Grota do Cirilo lithium mine plant to be fully operational by April 2023, which is when commercial production is slated to begin.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 21, 2022 | 3:43 am

Raw lithium exports banned in Zimbabwe as demand and prices soar

Mining companies that are building processing plants will be excluded from the directive.

Bloomberg News | December 20, 2022 | 8:22 am

Lithium Americas buys Arena Minerals in $227 million deal

Deal seeks to combine two neighbouring lithium projects operated by the companies in the Pastos Grandes basin in Argentina.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 20, 2022 | 6:18 am

Australia expects sharp lithium price pullback in 2024

Record spot prices will lift contract values for lithium miners next year but a surge in production to over 1 million tonnes by 2024 will put downward pressure on prices, according to a new government report.

Frik Els | December 19, 2022 | 3:44 pm

Electric vehicle production set to surge in 2023 despite low sales

Starting next year, a wave of new electric vehicles from pickup trucks to middle market SUVs and sedans will hit the world's major markets.

Reuters | December 19, 2022 | 1:43 pm

Canada Nickel acquires former Texmont nickel mine

The historic mine is situated between the company’s Deloro and Sothman properties south of Timmins, Ontario.

Staff Writer | December 19, 2022 | 11:17 am

Ioneer’s lithium-boron project in Nevada moves into final permitting stage

The company has been unable to get federal permits because public lands near the project are home to an endangered wildflower.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 19, 2022 | 10:26 am

Toronto hedge fund surges 39% on lithium bets

The Vivid Energy Fund is short companies that focus on direct lithium extraction, such as Vancouver-based Standard Lithium.

Bloomberg News | December 19, 2022 | 10:09 am

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