November 25, 2021

Cornish Lithium gets $24 million to develop UK assets

TechMet’s funding is the first institutional investment in Cornish Lithium, which has previously used crowdfunding to raise new capital.

November 25, 2021

How Congo could become low-cost, low-emissions producer of battery materials – report

According to BloombergNEF, the DRC could leverage its cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials.

November 24, 2021

Cobalt-rich Congo tries to push into battery manufacturing

Congo mines around two-thirds of the world's cobalt, an ingredient in lithium-ion batteries.

November 24, 2021

BHP extends Noront bid deadline again amid talks with Wyloo

Norton shareholders now have until December 14 to accept or reject BHP's takeover offer, while talks with Wyloo progress.

November 24, 2021

Standard Lithium gets $100 million investment boost from Koch

Standard Lithium is also exploring opportunities to work with several Koch Industries subsidiaries in key areas of alignment with the its project development needs.

November 23, 2021

Soaring lithium prices spur changes in supply contracts

"Prices are up over 230% year to date, really around a lack of available material," said Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.

November 23, 2021

Can plants that suck metal from soil replace mining?

Agro-mining is the process of growing plants that absorb metal through soil, a mechanism to clean poisoned lands and maybe gather battery components like nickel and cobalt.

November 22, 2021

CATL becomes China’s second-biggest stock

With a market capitalization of nearly $249 billion, the Tesla supplier narrowly surpassed Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.

November 22, 2021

‘Greenflation’ a risk for renewable energy, but long-term viability intact

Prices of metals such as tin, aluminum, copper, nickel and cobalt have risen between 20% and 91% this year.

November 22, 2021

Canada Nickel expands footprint in Ontario with 13 new properties

The target properties are within a radius of 95 km of the company’s flagship Crawford nickel-cobalt project.