Battery Metals Top Stories

New battery recycling system allows for 70% lithium recovery

A new recycling system allows for recovering 70% of lithium from battery waste without corrosive chemicals, high temperatures, and prior sorting of materials.

Staff Writer | April 17, 2023 | 5:30 am

EU’s Dombrovskis sees some progress on steel, battery minerals talks with US

EU's top trade official said there has been progress on…

Reuters | April 14, 2023 | 1:35 pm

Canada ready to become critical minerals provider, says minister

Canada has critical minerals cooperation agreements with Japan, the US…

Reuters | April 14, 2023 | 7:53 am

Industrial contamination may no longer be contained by Arctic permafrost — study

Industrial legacy buried in the Arctic permafrost or deposited on…

Staff Writer | April 14, 2023 | 6:06 am

Wyloo Metals, IGO secure land for first integrated battery material facility in Western Australia

Proposed project would represent the first commercial production of PCAM…

Staff Writer | April 13, 2023 | 4:41 pm

Greenland Minerals tanks as uranium ban leaves project in limbo

Greenland’s decision to ban uranium mining and exploration effectively blocked Kvanefjeld, which would produce the metal as by-product.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 12, 2021 | 4:00 am

Passenger EV sales to jump more than 80% in 2021 — report

The total global fleet of passenger electric and fuel cell vehicles now totals nearly 13 million, of which 8.5 million are true zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs).

MINING.com Editor | November 11, 2021 | 10:12 am

First Cobalt to expand Ontario refinery and widen focus, plans name change

The refinery expansion is part of the company's four-phase strategy to create a Battery Materials Park in the region.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 10, 2021 | 10:57 am

Global carmakers now target $515 billion for EVs, batteries

Global automakers are amping up investments aimed at weaning car buyers away from fossil fuels and meeting increasingly tough decarbonization targets.

Reuters | November 10, 2021 | 10:51 am

Value of battery metals in new electric cars set new record

MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index hit a new all-time monthly high as lithium, nickel and cobalt prices continue to rise.

MINING.com Editor | November 10, 2021 | 10:32 am

Egypt’s Sawiris looks to battery metals, awaits nod on gold concessions

Sawiris changed the structure of his gold mining company La Mancha this summer to bring other investors into the $1.4 billion fund.

Reuters | November 10, 2021 | 9:51 am

BHP extends Noront bid deadline amid talks with Wyloo

Move buys BHP and Wyloo more time for discussions over the takeover of Canada's Noront Resources progress.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 10, 2021 | 9:48 am

Opportunities, challenges of fuel cell EVs in heavy-duty applications – report

A new report by IDTechEx discusses the role of fuel cell EVs when it comes to addressing the need for long-range zero-emission vehicles.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 10, 2021 | 5:14 am

Greenland bans uranium mining, blocking vast rare earths project

The ban affects the Kvanefjeld rare earths project, one of the world’s biggest, as it would have produced uranium as a by-product.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 10, 2021 | 3:43 am

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