Battery Metals Top Stories

China set to boost state cobalt reserves after tumble in prices

The National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, the government stockpiling body, may buy about 2,000 tons of cobalt.

Bloomberg News | July 3, 2023 | 8:34 am

Develop Global to buy Essential Metals for $102 million

Develop Global, an Australian base metals explorer backed by lithium…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 3, 2023 | 5:26 am

Glencore offers to buy rest of PolyMet for $71m

The move will give Glencore a direct ownership of NorthMet,…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 3, 2023 | 3:34 am

Stellantis inks battery metals offtake deal with Australia’s Kuniko

Stellantis has agreed to invest 5 million euros in the…

Reuters | July 2, 2023 | 5:37 pm

Argentina to begin lithium battery production in Sept

Argentina's first plant for lithium batteries will begin operations in…

Reuters | July 2, 2023 | 10:48 am

Ontario developer finds massive cache of pure synthetic graphite at planned housing site

King & Benton found more than it was bargaining for when it acquired the former Union Carbide synthetic graphite manufacturing facility in Welland, Ontario.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | June 12, 2022 | 7:20 am

Navigating mining challenges on the road to America’s EV future

As the US accelerates its transition to EVs, obtaining the minerals required remains a challenge.

Bruno Venditti | June 10, 2022 | 10:46 am

Benchmark: Here’s what Goldman got wrong about lithium prices

Battery supply chain firm Benchmark lays out five reasons why the lithium market is not facing oversupply.

Frik Els | June 9, 2022 | 2:38 pm

Anti-deep sea mining rally held on Ocean’s Day

A deep-sea mining pilot expected to occur this year 1,300 nautical miles southwest of Sandiego, California was the subject of a rally in Vancouver Wednesday.

Nelson Bennett- Business in Vancouver | June 9, 2022 | 11:54 am