Battery Metals Top Stories

Ontario Teachers’ bid for lithium stake on hold after lawsuit

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan was nearing a deal to buy a bundle of battery metals royalties from New York-based Orion Resource Partners.

Bloomberg News | September 26, 2023 | 11:27 am

Congo plans new copper-cobalt smelter to serve informal miners

The project will be developed by privately held Congolese firm Buenassa…

Bloomberg News | September 26, 2023 | 7:54 am

Australia billionaire weighs in on Albemarle’s takeover target Liontown

Gina Rinehart's Hancock became a substantial shareholder earlier in September…

Reuters | September 26, 2023 | 7:42 am

CarbonScape gets $18 million cash injection to deliver biographite to Europe, US

New Zealand-based CarbonScape produces biographite, a carbon-negative alternative to the…

Staff Writer | September 26, 2023 | 6:25 am

Cornish Lithium raises $6.2m to support UK project

Funds were secured through a crowdfunding campaign, the largest of…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 26, 2023 | 5:36 am

Trudeau faces tough choices in countering US green incentives

Industries from automobile manufacturing to oil and gas production are warning that Canada must invest more to match its largest trading partner.

Bloomberg News | November 23, 2022 | 8:02 am

Key-man risk is back as China probe puts $7 billion wealth at risk

A police probe into the billionaire siblings behind a fast-growing Chinese battery company has put a fresh spotlight on governance risks in the country.

Bloomberg News | November 23, 2022 | 7:53 am

Chill on China investment creates ‘gap’ for Canada miners, lithium CEO says

The government’s move to limit investment from state-owned entities into Canada’s critical minerals resources is causing stress in the mining industry, says Frontier Lithium CEO Trevor Walker.

Bloomberg News | November 22, 2022 | 1:04 pm

Mazda unveils $11bn EV spending plan, considers investing in battery production

The company also raised its sales target for electric vehicles (EVs) to up to 40% of its total global sales by 2030.

Reuters | November 22, 2022 | 6:57 am

Goldman Sachs says US, Europe could end reliance on Chinese EV batteries by 2030

Countries competing with China would need to spend $78.2 billion on batteries, $60.4 billion on components and $13.5 billion on mining.

Reuters | November 22, 2022 | 6:30 am

Sigma Lithium to wrap up first phase of $5.1bn Brazil project next month

First phase commercial production at Sigma's Grota do Cirilo lithium hard rock project is expected in April 2023.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 22, 2022 | 3:50 am

EV battery heavyweights revive city’s dream of factory glory

Becancour is drawing corporate giants to the French-speaking Canadian province with its ambitions to make this industrial outpost, halfway between Montreal and Quebec City, a key gear for an EV battery supply chain to serve the continent.

Bloomberg News | November 21, 2022 | 9:37 am