Battery Metals Top Stories

Lithium price slide deepens as China battery giant bets on cheaper inputs

Rare discounts offered by Chinese battery giant CATL to automakers have accelerated a plunge in lithium prices.

Reuters | February 28, 2023 | 5:40 pm

Tonopah Flats property in Nevada one of largest lithium deposits in US, company says

Inferred resource has an estimated 15.8 million tonnes of lithium…

Staff Writer | February 28, 2023 | 2:01 pm

China lithium miners restart after government investigation

Some mines in one of China’s major lithium-production hubs have…

Bloomberg News | February 28, 2023 | 8:18 am

This road could save the planet — and carve up Alaskan wilderness

The remote Ambler Mining District contains massive lodes of minerals…

Bloomberg News | February 27, 2023 | 12:17 pm

Column: Nickel’s electric dreams turn into a pricing nightmare

The global nickel market flipped from deficit to surplus over…

Reuters | February 27, 2023 | 7:55 am

Apple veteran wins Gates’s backing for Michigan battery startup

Battery startup Our Next Energy said Monday it has raised $25 million in a fresh fundraising round.

Bloomberg News | October 18, 2021 | 9:55 am

Pallinghurst to beef up EV battery metal business with stake in Talon Metals

Mining investor will acquire a 19.2% stake in EV battery metal miner for about $80.2 million.

Reuters | October 18, 2021 | 8:17 am

Wild markets gatecrash London Metal Exchange Week party

This year’s LME Week was a subdued affair by comparison with past excess, writes Andy Home.

Reuters | October 18, 2021 | 8:08 am

Noront Resources picks Wyloo bid over BHP

BHP has five days to come back with a better offer, or give up on grabbing Noront's Eagle’s Nest nickel-copper deposit in Ontario.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 18, 2021 | 5:49 am

Natural, synthetic graphite needed by EV sector – report

Fastmarkets reports the exponential growth of the EV sector will propel the industry’s graphite requirement far above demand from the traditional consuming sectors.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 17, 2021 | 7:08 am

What the energy transition may bring for five battery metals – report

London-based ING Economics predicts what the ongoing energy transition might bring for copper, aluminum, nickel, cobalt, and lithium.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 17, 2021 | 6:07 am

Value of battery metals in new electric cars up 180% to $600m

In August, MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index hit the second best total on record as lithium, nickel and cobalt prices continue to rise.

MINING.com Editor | October 15, 2021 | 2:26 pm

Green Energy Metals: Eight companies with big ambitions

Companies on the global hunt for lithium, nickel, copper, cobalt, and PGMs wherever they are.

Marilyn Scales - The Northern Miner | October 15, 2021 | 1:23 pm

Canadian companies to use Czech manganese for li-ion battery cathode materials

Sourcing the metal from the Chvaletice project, Euro Manganese will develop manganese products for use in cathode materials made by Nano One.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 15, 2021 | 6:06 am

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