Battery Metals Top Stories

Lepidico gets arbitration notice from Chinese chemicals maker

The notice relates to an offtake agreement between its Namibia-based unit and Jiangxi Jinhui Lithium.

Reuters | May 30, 2023 | 5:20 pm

North Carolina seeks more info for Piedmont Lithium mine permit review

State officials gave the company 180 days to provide additional…

Reuters | May 30, 2023 | 5:10 pm

Mapped: Renewable energy and battery installations in the US in 2023

This graphic describes new US renewable energy installations by state…

Visual Capitalist | May 30, 2023 | 9:43 am

GM secures financial support for an EV battery plant in Quebec

Becancour, a small town of around 14,000 people, is set…

Bloomberg News | May 29, 2023 | 2:35 pm

Sayona pumps extra $130 million into NAL, Moblan lithium projects in Quebec

Funds will be used to bolster Sayona Quebec’s development of…

Staff Writer | May 29, 2023 | 12:59 pm

Lithium mining, climate change impacting flamingo populations in Chile

Two of the three flamingo species that breed in the lithium-rich Atacama salt flat have lost 10 to 12% of their populations in just 11 years.

Staff Writer | March 11, 2022 | 6:06 am

Electric vehicles are scarce and expensive as pump prices rise to record highs

Electric vehicles are in short supply in showrooms that have struggled to rebuild inventory of vehicles for more than a year.

Bloomberg News | March 10, 2022 | 11:31 am

Nickel price spike “purely financial” but Tsingshan effect could linger

Nickel price plunges in Shanghai following historic short squeeze on Chinese stainless steel giant in London.

Staff Writer | March 9, 2022 | 10:57 am

Electric vehicle push bumps up against chaos in nickel market

A global push among automakers to expand their lineups of electric vehicles just got a lot more expensive.

Bloomberg News | March 9, 2022 | 10:48 am

Lithium Americas CEO says mining reform needed for EV metals supply

The United States should not expect to rely solely on recycling of old batteries for supply, said Jon Evans.

Reuters | March 9, 2022 | 7:11 am

Contracts shield Asia’s EV battery makers from nickel surge, for now

Nickel prices doubled on Tuesday to more than $100,000 per tonne.

Reuters | March 9, 2022 | 7:01 am

Madagascar’s Ambatovy mine on track to deliver ‘no net loss’ of surrounding forest

Ambatovy has strived to conserve the surrounding forest by slowing deforestation driven by small-scale agriculture elsewhere.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 9, 2022 | 6:06 am

LME halts nickel trading after unprecedented 250% spike

The frenzied move was the largest-ever on the LME.

Bloomberg News | March 8, 2022 | 10:26 am

In charts: EV metal demand accelerated in the second half of 2021

Surging EV sales in the Asia Pacific region brings a wall of metals demand.

Henry Lazenby | March 7, 2022 | 11:01 am

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