Battery Metals Top Stories

Zinc8 gets $9 million grant to establish zinc-air battery production facility in New York State

The Canadian company has been approved for a grant from Empire State Development of up to $9 million as an incentive to establish its first US-based production facility in New York State.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 29, 2023 | 12:49 pm

UK’s power switch-off shows future for cleaner energy grid

The UK had a preview of the choices that will…

Bloomberg News | January 29, 2023 | 10:35 am

Scholz visits South America in race with China for lithium

Olaf Scholz hopes his trip to Latin America will help…

Bloomberg News | January 29, 2023 | 10:11 am

North Carolina gives Piedmont Lithium 2nd extension to file documents

State officials since August 2021 have been reviewing how the…

Reuters | January 27, 2023 | 6:34 pm

Vancouver miners look to lithium rush in South America, Nevada

Of the Canadian companies with lithium projects in Nevada and-or…

Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | January 27, 2023 | 11:53 am

Renault locks in lithium supply from Vulcan Energy in five-year deal

Vulcan will supply 6,000 to 17,000 tonnes of lithium annually to the French automaker.

Reuters | August 1, 2021 | 8:17 pm

High metal prices, covid-19 increase miners’ exposure to cyberattacks — report

The covid-19 pandemic increased the level of cyber risk because it pushed miners to quickly restructure the way they operate, as the need for systems that support remote working and automation became urgent.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 1, 2021 | 12:42 pm

Rio Tinto readies to ship trial lithium plant to Serbia

The lithium shipment is the culmination of a decade's research to catapult Rio Tinto into battery minerals.

Reuters | August 1, 2021 | 10:17 am

African rare earth projects moving forward despite challenges – report

A Roskill report commends the efforts by a number of African countries to establish a diversified rare earths supply chain.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 1, 2021 | 6:06 am

Sediment plumes from deep-sea mining become turbulent cloud

New research shows that midwater sediment plumes discharged by mining machinery become a highly turbulent cloud of suspended particles.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 31, 2021 | 2:32 pm

Lomiko Metals releases PEA for La Loutre in Quebec

The PEA envisions an open-pit mine with an average annual production of 97,400 tonnes of graphite concentrate over a 14.7-year mine life.

Northern Miner Staff | July 30, 2021 | 12:01 pm

Native Americans ask court to block Lithium Americas mine

The project would become one of the largest US producers of the electric vehicle battery metal.

Reuters | July 30, 2021 | 9:19 am

BHP to build solar farms at Nickel West

The project will help cut carbon emissions by 12% compared with 2020 levels at its Mt. Keith and Leinster nickel operations, where power is currently being generated through diesel and gas turbines.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 30, 2021 | 7:03 am

Civil unrest in South Africa, covid-19 may push cobalt prices up — report

Fastmarkets’ third-quarter forecast is for cobalt prices to average $25 per lb.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 30, 2021 | 6:06 am

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