Battery Metals Top Stories

$1 billion SPAC deal shows how mining supply chains are breaking up

INTERVIEW: Artem Volynets of ACG Electric Metals wants to roll up critical metals industry one mine at a time.

Frik Els | June 22, 2023 | 3:23 pm

Volkswagen’s EV battery effort keeps its executives up at night

Chief Financial Officer Arno Antlitz said the company remains open to…

Bloomberg News | June 22, 2023 | 7:29 am

NextSource begins graphite production in Madagascar

Phase one of operations at Molo are being optimized to…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 22, 2023 | 6:03 am

Boric’s lithium strategy will hinder Chile’s growth, Conservative rival says

Jose Antonio Kast, who lost to Boric in the 2021…

Bloomberg News | June 21, 2023 | 4:10 pm

Volt eyes lithium big-league with breakthrough extraction technology

The innovative approach, rooted in fluid movement expertise, promises to…

Henry Lazenby | June 21, 2023 | 2:42 pm

Europe’s first homegrown battery plant begins shipments

Northvolt AB became the first European firm to start commercial shipments to a carmaker last week.

Bloomberg News | May 17, 2022 | 8:00 am

China, US are racing to make billions from mining the moon’s minerals

Unlike in the era of Sputnik and Apollo, the world’s top superpowers can’t even agree on basic principles to govern the next generation of space activity.

Bloomberg News | May 17, 2022 | 7:19 am

Zinc joins battery race in the US

Two US-based companies joined forces to push for the use of zinc alkaline batteries in clean energy storage solutions.

Staff Writer | May 17, 2022 | 5:05 am

Nouveau Monde and Mason Graphite set to form JV to advance Lac Guéret in Quebec

The property covers 40 sqkm and has a resource estimate of 65.5 million tonnes grading 17.2% graphitic carbon.

Staff Writer | May 16, 2022 | 3:15 pm

Battery boom pulls trading giant Trafigura into lithium business

The agreement to back the plant being developed by startup Green Lithium brings the world’s top independent commodities trader into a market struggling to create new supply.

Bloomberg News | May 16, 2022 | 10:12 am

Australia’s slow warming to electric cars may get election boost

EV sales in Australia are soaring — led by the almost-ubiquitous Tesla Model 3 — and more brands and models are arriving in the market.

Bloomberg News | May 16, 2022 | 8:02 am

Lithium sector needs $42 billion as pivot from China adds costs

The sector will require $7 billion of investment each year from now until 2028, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence said in a report.

Bloomberg News | May 16, 2022 | 7:43 am

How the new Latin America left is seeking a greener future

The greener hue of the new leaders contrasts with the old guard "resource nationalists," who have typically sought tight state control of energy and metals.

Reuters | May 16, 2022 | 3:56 am

Indonesia’s Jokowi meets Tesla’s Musk after nickel talks

The meeting between Musk and Widodo came after a round of discussions on a potential investment in Indonesia's nickel industry.

Reuters | May 15, 2022 | 10:28 am

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