Battery Metals Top Stories

Technology to extract REE from acid mine drainage gets $8m from US government

West Virginia University received a grant from the US Department of Energy to develop a pre-commercial demonstration facility for separating and refining rare earth elements from acid mine drainage and coal waste.

Staff Writer | April 6, 2023 | 5:11 am

Chalice in talks with automakers on minority stake

The company owns the Julimar nickel project, one of the…

Reuters | April 5, 2023 | 7:40 am

Ancient enzyme may play key role in producing hydrogen for green economy

Researchers are studying nature's nickel-iron hydrogenase enzyme, which produces hydrogen…

Staff Writer | April 5, 2023 | 6:06 am

BHP’s exploration accelerator to open to uranium, lithium finds

BHP's Xplor accelerator program is currently supporting seven copper and…

Reuters | April 5, 2023 | 4:49 am

Harita Nickel sets IPO price at $670 million

The pricing was set at the higher end of the…

Reuters | April 4, 2023 | 10:58 am

Apple’s talks with Chinese battery makers mostly stalled

CATL and BYD informed Apple sometime in the past two months that they were not able to meet its requirements.

Reuters | October 22, 2021 | 10:23 am

The coming electric car disruption that nobody’s talking about

Millions of workers at repair shops, gas stations, oil fields and farms could find their jobs affected by an economic dislocation of historic proportions.

Bloomberg News | October 22, 2021 | 9:46 am

Top 10 cobalt operations outside of China and the DRC

There is currently a solid global project pipeline, due to the rise in cobalt prices and the expected demand boom amidst battery manufacturing projects, Fitch writes.

MINING.com Editor | October 21, 2021 | 12:46 pm

Tesla shifting to cheaper battery chemistry tried in China

CATL is reluctant to build a factory in the country due to political tensions between Washington and Beijing as well as cost concerns.

Reuters | October 21, 2021 | 7:52 am

Rio Tinto, Talon Metals’ Tamarack project to host carbon capture technology

CarbonCapture technology is a renewable energy-powered Direct Air Capture system that enables, for the first time, the use of zeolites for capturing CO2.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 21, 2021 | 6:06 am