Battery Metals Top Stories

EV metals will come from dead batteries at new US plant

Recycling startup Nth Cycle is opening its first full-scale plant in Fairfield, Ohio, to produce a mix of nickel and cobalt.

Bloomberg News | June 26, 2023 | 10:11 am

Germany eyes critical materials fund of as much as $1.1 billion

The amount is around half that previously being considered, however,…

Bloomberg News | June 26, 2023 | 9:42 am

Livent reports fire in North Carolina plant

Company said there have been no injuries.

Reuters | June 26, 2023 | 8:41 am

Lithium miner Premier’s shares slide on Zimbabwe force majeure

Shares in Premier African Minerals plunged 40% on Monday.

Reuters | June 26, 2023 | 8:37 am

Patriot Battery Metals rebuffs company sale report

Australian media reported on Sunday that Patriot had appointed Macquarie…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 26, 2023 | 3:57 am

Canadian miners cheer Ottawa’s critical minerals budget plan

Canada's critical mineral deposits at current prices are valued at approximately C$340 billion, a senior official said.

Reuters | April 8, 2022 | 12:56 pm

Chile sues BHP, Albemarle, Antofagasta over water use

Lawsuit singles out BHP’s Escondida copper mine, Antofagasta and Barrick’s 50-50 Zaldívar operation and Albemarle’s lithium assets.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 8, 2022 | 5:46 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

IGO says Western Areas may nix $829 million buyout

IGO says its takeover of nickel producer Western Areas might fall through after an independent expert concluded the offer was "neither fair nor reasonable".

Reuters | April 5, 2022 | 9:25 am

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

Reducing the US’s dependence on China for battery materials is a uniquely bipartisan issue.

Bloomberg News | April 5, 2022 | 7:47 am

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