Battery Metals Top Stories

Lithium stocks tumble amid declining prices

Ganfeng Lithium and Tianqi Lithium have plunged 51% and 32% respectively since January.

Staff Writer | October 4, 2023 | 11:35 am

Lithium Americas soars on first day of trading as North American pure-play miner

The new Lithium Americas is focused on advancing the Thacker…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 4, 2023 | 6:43 am

Billionaire’s Liontown buy up threatens lithium takeover

Hancock Prospecting now owns 14.67% of the lithium producer, according…

Bloomberg News | October 3, 2023 | 2:50 pm

Sigma achieves record daily lithium production at Grota do Cirilo

The company said it remains on track to achieve annual…

Staff Writer | October 3, 2023 | 9:08 am

Italy can act on recycling hub after Glencore presents plan – minister

Sardinia's regional government said the pilot project for the recycling…

Reuters | October 3, 2023 | 8:15 am

China to strengthen supervision of lithium battery supply chain

Most Chinese EV makers are registering losses despite rapid sales growth because of rising battery costs.

Reuters | November 18, 2022 | 7:57 am

Indonesia faces difficult task to create OPEC-like group for nickel

The proposal to "coordinate and integrate nickel policy" was made this week by Indonesia's investment minister in talks with Canada.

Reuters | November 18, 2022 | 7:28 am

Plans for OPEC of nickel finds doubters in Australia, Canada

Indonesia is the biggest producer of nickel by a wide margin and is home to around 20% of the world’s deposits of the metal.

Bloomberg News | November 17, 2022 | 2:19 pm

US Republicans aim to shorten EV mine permitting after House win

Republican leaders had promised voters during the election they would cut the mining permit review timeline in half and boost domestic EV mining, rather than seek more supply overseas.

Reuters | November 17, 2022 | 11:13 am

Vale to supply GM with nickel for EVs, starting in 2026

The Vale deal will supply GM with enough refined nickel for up to 350,000 EVs a year.

Reuters | November 17, 2022 | 11:09 am

Canada ‘very unlikely’ to join OPEC-like group for nickel – gov’t source

Indonesia and Canada are the world No. 1 and No. 6 nickel producers, respectively.

Reuters | November 17, 2022 | 9:59 am

Volkswagen delays key EV project as Tesla challenge stumbles

Volkswagen AG’s ambitious push to supplant Tesla Inc. as the global electric-vehicle leader is running into trouble.

Bloomberg News | November 17, 2022 | 7:43 am

Sumitomo Metal aims to boost battery materials output

Company aims to increase its capacity to produce cathode battery materials and to broaden its range of products to meet rising demand from the EV sector.

Reuters | November 17, 2022 | 7:14 am

Batteries’ ‘guts’ reveal details on why they fail

Researchers have, for the first time, mapped out altered domains inside rechargeable ion batteries at the nanoscale.

Staff Writer | November 17, 2022 | 6:06 am

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