Battery Metals Top Stories

Rio Tinto sets up battery testing plant in Melbourne

Rio set up its battery materials business in 2021 before buying the Rincon lithium mine in Argentina.

Reuters | June 27, 2023 | 4:44 pm

FPX Nickel optimizes the Baptiste flowsheet boosting recovery to 88.7%

The Baptiste deposit in British Columbia is part of FPX’s…

Staff Writer | June 27, 2023 | 10:57 am

John Goodenough, a battery trailblazer, dies at 100

His inventions helped develop modern computers and commercialize lithium-ion batteries.

Bloomberg News | June 27, 2023 | 6:06 am

Queensland pledges $164 million to expand critical minerals sector

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk estimates the mineral-producing regions in the state's…

Reuters | June 27, 2023 | 5:51 am

Cornish Lithium seeks $13m in last-ditch effort to avoid collapse

The UK-based start-up, which aims to produce lithium in Cornwall,…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 27, 2023 | 5:13 am

SQM profit soars on high lithium prices

Chile, the world's largest producer of lithium, has profited from the rising global demand for electric vehicles.

Reuters | May 19, 2022 | 7:54 am

In Chile’s Atacama, lithium mining stirs fight over flamingos

Flamingo numbers are falling, with a new study linking this to the water extracted by mining firms to pump up brine filled with lithium.

Reuters | May 19, 2022 | 7:35 am

China CNGR expands nickel investments in Indonesia to meet EV demand

CNGR Advanced Material will invest in three new projects in Indonesia to produce nickel matte.

Reuters | May 18, 2022 | 9:06 am

Column: Nickel demand boomed in 2021; this year it will be supply

Surplus or deficit? In nickel's current fractured state it could be both this year, writes Andy Home.

Reuters | May 18, 2022 | 7:59 am

How ‘weak sustainability’ helps miners contribute to the UN development goals

Researchers suggest that mining companies should focus on achieving ambitious yet realistic sustainability targets.

Staff Writer | May 18, 2022 | 6:06 am

Metals scarcity could slow energy transition

Solar panel market penetration requires hundreds of millions oz. more silver production, VRIC hears.

Henry Lazenby | May 17, 2022 | 6:06 pm

Electric vehicles surpass phones as top driver of cobalt demand

The EV sector consumed 59,000 tonnes of cobalt in 2021, or 34% of total demand, according to a report by the Cobalt Institute.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 17, 2022 | 9:03 am

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

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