Battery Metals Top Stories

Chile hopes SQM-Codelco deal to proceed as planned, finance minister says

The arrangement would see Codelco take a majority stake in SQM’s Atacama salt flat assets in exchange for 30 more years of operations.

Bloomberg News | May 31, 2024 | 3:15 am

Chile’s ENAMI aims to break ground on first lithium project by 2028

ENAMI this month launched a search for a private partner…

Reuters | May 30, 2024 | 11:02 am

Column: LME brand approval cements Indonesian nickel ascendancy

For Indonesia it's a vindication of its policy of forcing…

Reuters | May 30, 2024 | 10:01 am

Wyloo Metals to build battery materials processing plant in Ontario

The facility will fill a critical gap in Canada’s electric…

Staff Writer | May 29, 2024 | 12:52 pm

Indonesia buying record amounts of Philippine nickel ore due to quota delays

Delays by Jakarta in issuing mining quotas and heavy rains…

Reuters | May 29, 2024 | 6:51 am

Tesla co-founder JB Straubel has built an EV battery colossus

Last month, Redwood Materials flipped the switch on its first commercial-scale line producing a fine black powder essential to electric vehicle batteries.

Bloomberg News | April 18, 2024 | 5:36 am

Lithium Americas to raise $275 million for Thacker Pass mine

The financing comes a month after the US unveiled plans to lend it $2.26 billion to build the project.

Reuters | April 18, 2024 | 1:04 am

Patriot Battery’s Corvette lithium project inches forward on permitting

Based on company calculations, Corvette is home to the largest lithium pegmatite resource in the Americas.

Staff Writer | April 17, 2024 | 9:52 am

Shares in two Australian miners surge on government loans

The Australian government will provide a combined A$585 million to Alpha HPA and Renascor Resources.

Bloomberg News | April 16, 2024 | 11:16 pm

Nouveau Monde Graphite breaks ground at Bécancour battery material plant in Quebec

Another step forward in what is shaping up to be the most advanced graphite circularity project in North America.

Amanda Stutt | April 16, 2024 | 12:27 pm

Avalon begins PEA for Thunder Bay lithium conversion facility

Avalon and its joint venture partner SCR-Sibelco NV is developing its Separation Rapids lithium deposit near Kenora, Ontario.

Staff Writer | April 16, 2024 | 10:42 am

Aston Minerals ups nickel resource estimate at Boomerang in Ontario

Contained metals are estimated to be 7.4 billion lb. nickel and 297,624 lb. cobalt, representing a 21.6% increase in nickel metal tonnes.

Staff Writer | April 16, 2024 | 9:22 am

Researchers point to pyrite as possible source of lithium

A West Virginia University research team found plenty of lithium in pyrite minerals in shale.

Staff Writer | April 16, 2024 | 6:06 am

Codelco aims to land partner for Maricunga lithium by next year

Codelco, Chile's top copper producer, is entering the lithium business under the mandate President Gabriel Boric's government announced last year to boost the state's role.

Reuters | April 15, 2024 | 5:16 pm

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