Battery Metals Top Stories

CATL sells $405 million stake in Pilbara Minerals

CATL bought its 4.9% holding in the depths of the 2019 lithium downturn.

Reuters | March 2, 2023 | 9:45 am

Lithium Americas kicks off construction at Thacker Pass

The proposed mine has the potential to be North America's largest source…

Staff Writer | March 2, 2023 | 9:26 am

Tesla lobbying to secure lithium from Chile — report

Tesla executives held talks with the ministers of foreign affairs…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 2, 2023 | 6:53 am

SQM to spend $3.4 billion by 2025 as profit tripled

The world’s second-largest lithium miner's net income hit $3.9 billion…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 2, 2023 | 3:44 am

Musk tamps down speculation that Tesla will mine lithium

The “limiting factor” is refining lithium, not actually finding it,…

Bloomberg News | March 1, 2023 | 4:44 pm

Rio Tinto and USGS team up for Montana critical mineral hunt

The USGS will deploy its hi-tech Earth MRI to look for critical minerals.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 27, 2021 | 11:22 am

EVs have lithium booming — and this time, there is no bust in sight

Demand will likely outstrip production over at least the next five years, Morningstar predicts.

Bloomberg News | October 27, 2021 | 9:41 am

Vulcan Energy accused of misleading investors with positive PFS — report

J Capital alleges Vulcan's management team low-balled the costs, thus making the project look profitable, and overstated the quality of the resource.

MINING.com Editor | October 26, 2021 | 2:16 pm

TSLA la land: Tesla vs Volkswagen 2021 battery power comparison

Head to head, gigawatt for gigawatt Tesla vs Volkswagen’s electric car only sales show just how out of whack TSLA’s $1 trillion valuation really is.

Frik Els | October 26, 2021 | 2:03 pm

Citric acid can be used to extract rare earth metals from coal ash

The method, if widely adopted, could turn coal ash from an environmental pariah into a commercially viable product, researcher says.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 26, 2021 | 6:06 am

Sibanye-Stillwater to buy nickel-copper mines in Brazil for $1 billion

The acquisition of Atlantic Nickel and Mineração Vale Verde from Appian is Sibanye’s fourth battery metal investment this year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 26, 2021 | 3:24 am

Mineral Resources to restart Wodgina mine as EV demand boosts lithium prices

The production would restart in the third quarter of 2022 initially.

Reuters | October 25, 2021 | 7:51 am

South Africa’s manganese output expected to grow – report

Despite low prices, Roskill expects South Africa’s manganese output to increase strongly over the next decade.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 24, 2021 | 6:56 am

Apple’s talks with Chinese battery makers mostly stalled

CATL and BYD informed Apple sometime in the past two months that they were not able to meet its requirements.

Reuters | October 22, 2021 | 10:23 am

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