Battery Metals Top Stories

Hertz Lithium, Penn State University develop efficient process for extracting lithium from spodumene

Spodumene mineral is the major source of high-purity lithium.

Staff Writer | September 12, 2023 | 6:06 am

LithiumBank inks direct extraction tech deal for Prairies brine projects

The agreement gives LithiumBank a full licence to use a…

Henry Lazenby | September 11, 2023 | 3:16 pm

Ancient volcano in US may hold largest lithium resource on Earth

A new study estimates that the McDermitt Caldera hosts claystones…

Jackson Chen | September 11, 2023 | 2:49 pm

Scramble for riches: Can South America’s Lithium Triangle mint new millionaires?

Argentina, Bolivia and Chile hold two thirds of the world’s…

Reuters | September 11, 2023 | 7:42 am

Malaysia to ban export of rare earths to boost domestic industry

China recently announced curbs of some critical metals used in…

Reuters | September 11, 2023 | 7:20 am

Ford, Everledger launch battery passport pilot for responsible recycling

Companies will track batteries in late and newer EV models for six months, working together with US lithium-ion battery recyclers.

Staff Writer | October 25, 2022 | 11:59 am

French lithium mine project unveiled in electric car race

Imerys unveiled plans to develop a lithium mine in central France that it said could be a leading contributor in Europe's quest for electric-vehicle battery materials.

Reuters | October 25, 2022 | 10:23 am

Why Freeland’s “friend-shoring” is such a bad idea

Friend-shoring sounds good, but its harmful effects far outnumber its benefits.

Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | October 25, 2022 | 8:56 am

Europe’s first lithium mine agrees to merge with Sizzle SPAC

A unit of Australian miner European Lithium Ltd. has agreed to go public on Nasdaq through a merger with blank-check company Sizzle Acquisition Corp.

Bloomberg News | October 25, 2022 | 7:49 am

Volkswagen: we have never had supply chain shortages like today

"We never used to talk to mining operators - now we know their business model," chief Murat Aksel said.

Reuters | October 25, 2022 | 7:40 am

Analysis: Biden’s EV minerals cash fruitless without permitting reform

President Joe Biden last week doled out $2.8-billion to miners developing new US sources of lithium, nickel, copper, and other EV minerals.

Reuters | October 24, 2022 | 7:54 am

Trafigura and EVelution Energy plan to develop cobalt plant

EVelution Energy is expected to start construction of the plant in Arizona in late 2023.

Reuters | October 24, 2022 | 7:25 am

France’s Imerys wants to become leading lithium producer in Europe

Company said results of surveys carried out at its Beauvoir mine allow it to produce 34,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide for at least 25 years.

Reuters | October 24, 2022 | 6:56 am

Metal-CO2 batteries closer to becoming a thing

There is now an innovative way to overcome the energy efficiency issues that so far have plagued metal-carbon dioxide batteries.

Staff Writer | October 24, 2022 | 6:06 am

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