Battery Metals Top Stories

Argentina’s Pan American Energy joins oil industry’s push into lithium

The company plans to dig exploratory wells in Argentina’s Andean salt flats by year-end.

Bloomberg News | July 7, 2023 | 3:02 pm

Innovation in EVs seen denting copper demand growth potential

New electric vehicles from Tesla and rivals are being engineered…

Reuters | July 7, 2023 | 11:05 am

The global lithium rush is only at the beginning

Interview with Gene Morgan, CEO of brinefield services company Zelandez…

Frik Els | July 7, 2023 | 10:28 am

Neo Performance starts construction of rare earth magnet plant in Estonia

The company said the manufacturing facility in Narva will be…

Reuters | July 7, 2023 | 8:46 am

LG Energy doubles lithium purchase from SQM

Battery maker to buy over 100,000 tons of lithium carbonate…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 7, 2023 | 8:34 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