Battery Metals Top Stories

Idemitsu to take majority stake in Australian vanadium developer Vecco

Vecco is developing the Debella project in Queensland, focusing on a vanadium mine and an electrolyte plant for vanadium flow batteries.

Reuters | December 18, 2024 | 10:02 am

Trump advisers urge ending environmental reviews for mines receiving US funds

Proposed US critical minerals projects have been in regulatory review…

Reuters | December 18, 2024 | 9:21 am

Namibia investigates China’s Xinfeng for alleged illegal mining

Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy is investigating Xinfeng for…

Bloomberg News | December 18, 2024 | 8:00 am

Abaxx to launch nickel sulphate contract on January 10

The nickel sulphate contract will be priced in dollars and…

Reuters | December 18, 2024 | 7:54 am

Volkswagen buys 9.9% of Patriot Battery Metals for $48 million

Patriot's project will supply lithium to Volkswagen’s battery company PowerCo…

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 18, 2024 | 3:57 am

Arcadium Lithium investors sue miner over Rio Tinto takeover

Three shareholders of Arcadium Lithium have sued the miner and its board alleging negligence in Rio Tinto $6.7 billion takeover.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 17, 2024 | 5:29 am

Norge Mining acquires Europe’s largest natural graphite producer

Skaland mine is the world's highest-grade, operating flake graphite mine and the fourth-largest graphite mine outside China.

Staff Writer | December 16, 2024 | 9:12 am

PRESS RELEASE: Taykwa Tagamou Nation and Canada Nickel announce $20 million investment partnership

Highlights: TORONTO, Dec. 16, 2024 /CNW/ – Taykwa Tagamou Nation (“TTN“) and Canada Nickel Company Inc. (“Canada Nickel” or the “Company“) (TSXV: CNC) (OTCQX: CNIKF) […]

Canada Nickel | December 16, 2024 | 8:55 am

Trump transition team to roll back Biden EV, emissions policies

Trump plans to cut EV support, impose tariffs on battery materials.

Reuters | December 16, 2024 | 7:09 am

Australia’s CEFC invests $75m in homegrown critical minerals

The CEFC was established in 2012 by the Australian government to help achieve its national goal of net zero emissions by 2050.

Staff Writer | December 15, 2024 | 11:02 am

Canada Nickel secures $14m investment from Taykwa Tagamou Nation

The project, on the Indigenous group’s traditional lands, holds one of the world’s largest reserves.

Henry Lazenby - The Northern Miner | December 13, 2024 | 4:27 pm

Norilsk Nickel plans to sell all it produces in 2025

The miner reported a 22% fall in first-half profit in August.

Reuters | December 13, 2024 | 7:59 am

China leads world in energy transition, Wood Mackenzie says

The world’s second-largest economy leads the energy transition and is on track to source half of its power from low-carbon energy.

Trish Saywell, Special to the Northern Miner Group | December 13, 2024 | 7:41 am

Rio Tinto’s $2.5 billion lithium plan is a win for Milei

The miner plans to build a processing plant at Rincon with an annual capacity of 60,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate.

Bloomberg News | December 13, 2024 | 7:27 am

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