Battery Metals Top Stories

Livista plans German lithium refinery for EV batteries

It initially aims to refine 40,000 tonnes of lithium annually at the plant, or enough for batteries for around 850,000 EVs.

Reuters | June 7, 2023 | 4:41 pm

US battery belt grows with $1 billion Kentucky cathode deal

Ascend Elements said it has reached a billion-dollar deal with an unnamed automaker to…

Bloomberg News | June 7, 2023 | 9:45 am

Clean tech faces increasing risks with mining tied to new abuses

The Business & Human Rights group identified 65 new allegations…

Bloomberg News | June 7, 2023 | 8:43 am

Mongolian PM discusses EV investment, cooperation with Elon Musk

Musk and the Mongolian government talked about a potential joint…

Reuters | June 7, 2023 | 8:07 am

Metso introduces sustainable battery black mass recycling

Battery black mass recycling is becoming an important means to…

Staff Writer | June 7, 2023 | 7:13 am

Lithium supply crunch Part II – this time it’s for real

Scarcity of what is a critical input for EV batteries could potentially act as a powerful brake on e-mobility, writes Andy Home.

Reuters | February 15, 2022 | 8:25 am

Britishvolt secures $54 million from Glencore for UK gigafactory

Glencore's backing is part of the battery plant developer’s £200 million Series C fundraising led by Bank of America.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 15, 2022 | 6:45 am

Sumitomo to spend big to boost output of nickel, battery materials

The Japanese miner it will triple its capital expenditure over the next three years to boost its output capacity of nickel and cathode materials used in batteries.

Reuters | February 15, 2022 | 5:00 am

Glencore earmarks $1.5 billion for probes amid record profit

The world’s biggest commodity trader expects long-running corruption investigations in the US and the UK to be resolved this year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 15, 2022 | 3:51 am

Solid-state sodium batteries get a makeover

Swiss researchers developed a more efficient solid electrolyte and defined the ideal pressure to be applied to sodium batteries for them to operate efficiently.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 14, 2022 | 6:06 am

Market interest in silicon, lithium-metal battery anodes only growing – report

The promise of higher energy density batteries is making a growing number of companies focus on silicon and lithium-metal anode materials, IDTechEx reports.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 13, 2022 | 6:16 am