Battery Metals Top Stories

Scientists working towards stopping lithium-ion battery degradation

Researchers want to move towards designing longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries.

Staff Writer | December 30, 2022 | 7:58 am

Barrick Gold eyeing mineral deposits in Indonesia, CEO says

The company’s Asia-Pacific exploration team is searching for deposits along…

Bloomberg News | December 29, 2022 | 10:38 am

South Star targets Dec. 2023 start for Brazil graphite mine

Production is to begin in an $8 million first phase…

Staff Writer | December 29, 2022 | 9:18 am

Lithium explorer Wealth Minerals targets European investors

The explorer has land positions at sites including the Salar de…

Bloomberg News | December 29, 2022 | 7:55 am

Lithium miner sees 25% price drop in boon for EV industry

Sinomine ’s chairman sees lithium carbonate prices dropping to about…

Bloomberg News | December 29, 2022 | 7:50 am

Apple hires former BMW executive for car project

Apple has hired Ulrich Kranz, a former senior executive at BMW's electric car division, to help its vehicle initiatives, Apple confirmed on Thursday.

Reuters | June 10, 2021 | 4:44 pm

Albemarle to boost extraction in search for green growth

The US company is introducing a way of extracting more of the lithium that’s normally captured in salts, thereby lifting yields to 80-85% from 50-55%.

Bloomberg News | June 10, 2021 | 10:40 am

US energy storage installations surge in Q1 — report

Energy storage deployments are expected to accelerate dramatically over the next 12 months.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 10, 2021 | 10:38 am

Ganfeng Lithium to sell $630m of shares to fund expansion

The company in March announced an ambitious plan to increase its production capacity roughly fivefold to 600,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent a year.

Reuters | June 10, 2021 | 10:26 am

Process for extracting lithium from seawater may be better suited for brine from continental sources

Roskill published an analysis with its view on the study that claims to have found an economically viable system to extract high-purity lithium from seawater.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 10, 2021 | 6:06 am

Electric vehicles a $7 trillion market opportunity to 2030 – report

BloombergNEF forecasts global sales of zero-emission cars rising to 70% of the market by 2040, thus making demand for battery metals soar.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 10, 2021 | 5:11 am

Neo Lithium more than doubles 3Q project’s high-grade zone resources

The resource is "strategically important" because it requires smaller evaporation ponds to put the project into production, the company says.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 9, 2021 | 9:08 am

Cornish Metals’ tin-copper project richer than anticipated

Updated estimate for the South Crofty project in Cornwall, England, shows a 10% increase in indicated resources and an almost 130% gain in inferred tin resources.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 9, 2021 | 6:21 am

US must work with allies to secure electric vehicle metals – White House

Biden has vowed to work with allies to secure minerals needed for EV vehicle batteries and process them domestically.

Reuters | June 8, 2021 | 11:41 am

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