Battery Metals Top Stories

SQM grows Aussie footprint on earn-in deal with Tambourah

SQM will invest at least A$1.5 million ($1m) and up to A$3 million ($2m) to earn an initial 50% in all mineral rights at Julimar project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 6, 2023 | 3:37 am

European Lithium says Luxembourg’s GEM to fund $125m for Austrian mine

Proceeds will be used to fund the development of the…

Reuters | July 5, 2023 | 5:32 pm

Huayou commissions $300 million Zimbabwe lithium plant

The Arcadia plant took nine months to construct and started…

Reuters | July 5, 2023 | 11:11 am

Patriot Battery Metals shares rise on metallurgical test work ahead of first resource at Corvette

The HLS tests resulted in spodumene concentrate grading more than…

Staff Writer | July 5, 2023 | 9:46 am

McKinsey adds to warnings of clean energy metals shortages

The number of the approximately 500 cobalt, copper, lithium and…

Bloomberg News | July 5, 2023 | 8:33 am

Red-hot lithium boom pits Wall Street against the wonks

There’s a fight brewing in the lithium market, after a controversial forecast from Goldman Sachs analysts set off a backlash among some of the industry’s most prominent experts.

Bloomberg News | June 13, 2022 | 11:29 am

Recycling alone can ease raw materials supply pressure but cannot meet demand

Global cumulative lithium-ion battery capacity could rise over five-fold to 5,500 gigawatt-hour (GWh) between 2021 and 2030.

Wood Mackenzie | June 13, 2022 | 11:24 am

US automaker CEOs, Toyota urge Congress to lift EV tax credit cap

The current $7,500 tax credit phases out after a manufacturer hit 200,000 vehicles sold.

Reuters | June 13, 2022 | 7:37 am

CATL kicks off $6.7 billion placement

The company plans to price the share sale on Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter.

Bloomberg News | June 13, 2022 | 7:12 am

Deal-hungry miners return to Toronto with EV metals in focus

As the mining industry gathers in Toronto this week for one of its biggest annual events, the focus will be on two groups of metals.

Bloomberg News | June 13, 2022 | 7:05 am

New 2D materials could be the key to high-capacity batteries

A new promising family of 2D materials combines transition metal carbides and transition metal dichalcogenides.

Staff Writer | June 13, 2022 | 6:06 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