Battery Metals Top Stories

Brazil seeks investor-friendly approach to lithium in bid to tap EV boom

The main focus for now is attracting investors to produce and export lithium concentrate from Brazil’s hard rock deposits.

Bloomberg News | May 11, 2023 | 12:07 pm

Indonesia emerges as a cobalt powerhouse amid surge in demand

Demand for cobalt is set to more than double by…

Henry Lazenby | May 11, 2023 | 11:28 am

Albemarle aims to expand Chile lithium mine in 2028 with new technology

Albemarle currently extracts the metal using mass evaporation ponds from…

Reuters | May 11, 2023 | 10:36 am

American Lithium unit gets green light to explore new area in Peru

The new exploration will allow the firm to expand its…

Reuters | May 11, 2023 | 10:18 am

Ivanhoe Electric buys private land by copper project in Arizona

The company is saying it will buy 6,205 acres of…

MINING.COM Editor | May 11, 2023 | 9:35 am

Element 25, Circulor partner to develop first ESG transparent manganese supply chain

Company is demonstrating traceability and ESG compliance for its manganese products as part of the strategic pathway to zero carbon manganese.

MINING.com Editor | February 2, 2022 | 2:23 pm

Mexico says lithium is too strategic for private investors

Mexico currently has no commercial lithium production, but according to some estimates contains potentially lucrative deposits trapped in clay-based soils.

Bloomberg News | February 2, 2022 | 11:52 am

EMP completes successful lithium brine flow test in Saskatchewan

The testing confirmed there are four primary intersections of interest, designated in pairs.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 2, 2022 | 10:36 am

Copper supercycle could emerge in the medium term, economist says

Patricia Mohr says copper's inclusion as a metal essential for the green energy transition is driving the market forward.

Henry Lazenby | February 2, 2022 | 8:54 am

Mercedes-Benz CEO says raw material scarcity could delay e-mobility

Carmakers are working to secure supplies of materials from lithium, nickel and manganese for batteries to magnesium for car components as they race to ramp up electric vehicle production.

Reuters | February 2, 2022 | 8:23 am

Portugal may launch long-awaited lithium auction within two months

The auction, initially planned for 2018, has been repeatedly postponed due to concerns over the environmental and social impact of lithium mining.

Reuters | February 2, 2022 | 8:00 am

Rock Tech, Bilfinger to build Europe’s first lithium refinery

The Canadian miner and the German industrial services provider expect the lithium hydroxide converter to be in operations in 2024.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 2, 2022 | 6:38 am

World’s first physically-backed EV metals ETC launched

The Global Palladium Fund announced the launching of its own physical EV metals exchange-traded commodities with $10 million of seed capital.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 2, 2022 | 6:06 am

Cobalt outlook bullish through 2022 and beyond, ERG CEO says

Benedikt Sobotka said that the surging price of the metal, which rose by 119% in 2021, was giving a very clear message: the market is severely short of cobalt, a key ingredient in the batteries that power EVs.

Fastmarkets | January 31, 2022 | 3:02 pm

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