Battery Metals Top Stories

EV Nickel doubles Shaw Dome resource in Ontario

An updated resource adds more than 24 million tonnes of contained metal.

Staff Writer | June 13, 2023 | 12:35 pm

Billionaire Forrest calls Musk a ‘muppet’ over fuel cell doubts

Andrew Forrest, founder of Fortescue Metals, said doubters of hydrogen…

Bloomberg News | June 13, 2023 | 4:03 am

Lithium Americas produces first carbonate at Caucharí-Olaroz

The output quality was lower than battery-standard lithium carbonate, but…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 13, 2023 | 3:45 am

Hastings Technology Metals to supply rare earths to Neo Performance

Deal is to negotiate the supply of rare earth concentrate…

Reuters | June 12, 2023 | 4:21 pm

Visualizing the world’s largest lithium producers

The global lithium-ion battery market was valued at $52 billion…

Visual Capitalist - Elements | June 12, 2023 | 11:29 am

New lithium technology can help the world go green — if it works

DLE technologies would challenge traditional miners such as Albemarle and prospective miners like Lithium Americas.

Reuters | April 7, 2022 | 12:14 pm

How charge, discharge cycles make li-ion batteries bleed to death

There is a link between cracks that form in batteries’ structure during charge-discharge cycles and the depletion of vital liquids that carry charge.

Staff Writer | April 7, 2022 | 6:06 am

BHP’s Nickel West to be fully powered by renewables

The 12-year deal with Italy's Enel will supply BHP with 100% of the power needed at three of its major nickel mines in Western Australia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 6, 2022 | 3:54 am

Vulcan Energy inks 20-year geothermal energy supply deal with Germany’s MVV

Vulcan Energy will provide up to 350 gigawatt hours of energy per year - enough to supply around 25,000 households.

Reuters | April 5, 2022 | 9:38 am

Sigma Lithium to start civil works at vast Brazilian project

Grota do Cirilo is the largest hard rock lithium project in the Americas, slated to produce 440,000 tonnes of concentrate per year by end of 2023.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 5, 2022 | 9:31 am

‘Salty’ freeze-thaw battery a step toward seasonal storage

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a ‘freeze-thaw battery’ that locks in energy for months without losing much storage capacity.

Staff Writer | April 5, 2022 | 6:06 am

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EV Nickel doubles Shaw Dome resource in Ontario

Billionaire Forrest calls Musk a ‘muppet’ over fuel cell doubts

Lithium Americas produces first carbonate at Caucharí-Olaroz

Hastings Technology Metals to supply rare earths to Neo Performance

Visualizing the world’s largest lithium producers

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New lithium technology can help the world go green — if it works

How charge, discharge cycles make li-ion batteries bleed to death

BHP’s Nickel West to be fully powered by renewables

Vulcan Energy inks 20-year geothermal energy supply deal with Germany’s MVV

Sigma Lithium to start civil works at vast Brazilian project

IGO says Western Areas may nix $829 million buyout

Biden’s battery metals boost could ease US dependence on China

Canada to invest $1.6 billion on mineral strategy for EV battery supply chain

‘Salty’ freeze-thaw battery a step toward seasonal storage