Battery Metals Top Stories

Inside the race to remake lithium extraction for EV batteries

The global battle to reshape the lithium industry is sucking in oil producers, tech startups and entrenched mining giants.

Reuters | June 16, 2023 | 7:27 am

Recent development improves aluminum-ion batteries capacity

An organic redox polymer that works as positive electrode material…

Staff Writer | June 16, 2023 | 6:06 am

Mineral Resources ends lithium deal with Ganfeng

Company withdrew lithium production forecast for the Mt Marion mine…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 16, 2023 | 3:53 am

Avalon stock surges on C$63 million investment, joint venture with Sibelco

Avalon plans to use the proceeds to first acquire industrial…

Staff Writer | June 15, 2023 | 2:02 pm

Battery storage installations to increase ten-fold by 2030 — report

New battery storage capacity to surpass 400 GWh per year…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 15, 2023 | 10:57 am

GM ramps up EV push with plans to make battery materials in Canada

General Motors and South Korea's POSCO will build a $400 million facility to produce battery materials in Canada.

Reuters | March 7, 2022 | 10:13 am

Ukraine invasion sets back Musk’s dream for cheaper EVs, for now

Rising prices of nickel, lithium and other materials threaten to slow and even temporarily reverse the long-term trend of falling costs of batteries.

Reuters | March 7, 2022 | 8:03 am

Rock Tech Lithium could build €400m plant in Romania

The plant would produce enough to supply 500,000 cars with lithium-ion batteries per year.

Reuters | March 7, 2022 | 7:51 am

Chile a step closer to nationalizing copper and lithium

The assembly writing the country’s new Constitution has approved an early-stage proposal that opens the door to the sector's nationalization.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 7, 2022 | 4:03 am

Tesla gets stronger with oil rising, other EV stocks not so much

The growing struggles for everyone but Tesla are coming at a time when they should be flourishing.

Bloomberg News | March 6, 2022 | 10:52 am

How much could battery recycling actually aid cobalt, lithium supply shortages?

IDTechEx estimates that a combined total of 180,000 tonnes of lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese could be recovered by 2030 through Li-ion recycling.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 6, 2022 | 10:24 am

Base metals set for best-ever week as war stokes shortage fears

It’s getting increasingly difficult to transport commodities like metals since almost half of the world’s container ships no longer go to Russia.

Bloomberg News | March 4, 2022 | 2:26 pm

BASF picks Canada to expand supplies for booming EV battery market

BASF, in partnership with Japan's Toda Kogyo, already produces cathode active materials at two locations in North America - Ohio and Michigan.

Reuters | March 4, 2022 | 11:05 am

Tesla’s German gigafactory gets conditional green light

The $5.5 billion plant, located outside Berlin, is expected to boost the carmaker's market share in Europe’s fast-growing EV sector.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 4, 2022 | 8:45 am

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