Battery Metals Top Stories

Syrah Resources hits record graphite output, US plant on track

The company is building an 11,250 tonne per year graphite anode plant in Vidalia.

Reuters | March 30, 2023 | 7:39 am

Ford in $4.5 billion deal for EV battery materials plant

Automaker has joined PT Vale Indonesia and Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt…

Reuters | March 30, 2023 | 7:32 am

Scientists figure out how to improve lithium metal batteries’ durability

Korean researchers developed a new anode material that they believe…

Staff Writer | March 30, 2023 | 6:06 am

Arafura Rare Earths gets $600m loan guarantee from German insurer

The guarantee is subject to Arafura entering supply deals with…

Reuters | March 29, 2023 | 9:51 am

US and EU near critical minerals accord to unlock US subsidies

The deal will likely be similar to an agreement the US signed…

Bloomberg News | March 29, 2023 | 9:16 am

Iron battery breakthrough could eat lithium’s lunch

Unlike lithium-ion batteries, iron flow batteries are really cheap to manufacture.

Bloomberg News | October 1, 2021 | 8:58 am

Li-ion battery recycling market to reach $31bn per year by 2040 — report

IDTechEx says that, in two decades, over 50% of the world's spent li-ion batteries will be recycled in China.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 1, 2021 | 6:06 am

BHP opens Australia’s first nickel sulphate plant

The world’s no. 1 miner has produced the first nickel sulphate crystals from its plant in Kwinana, outside Perth.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 1, 2021 | 3:41 am

Capital formation constraints could ultimately stunt EV revolution, says CPM

CPM Group managing partner says the companies that need to find resources and develop mines today for production at the projected height of the battery metals demand from 2030 onwards are falling behind.

Henry Lazenby | September 30, 2021 | 2:18 pm

Visualizing the global demand for lithium

Global lithium production more than doubled in the last four years.

Visual Capitalist | September 30, 2021 | 10:01 am

Albemarle to buy Chinese lithium firm for $200 million

With the acquisition of Guangxi Tianyuan, the world’s top lithium producer is expanding its battery metal conversion capacity.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 30, 2021 | 8:23 am

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Syrah Resources hits record graphite output, US plant on track

Ford in $4.5 billion deal for EV battery materials plant

Scientists figure out how to improve lithium metal batteries’ durability

Arafura Rare Earths gets $600m loan guarantee from German insurer

US and EU near critical minerals accord to unlock US subsidies

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Iron battery breakthrough could eat lithium’s lunch

Li-ion battery recycling market to reach $31bn per year by 2040 — report

BHP opens Australia’s first nickel sulphate plant

Capital formation constraints could ultimately stunt EV revolution, says CPM

Visualizing the global demand for lithium

Albemarle to buy Chinese lithium firm for $200 million

ICBR awards battery recycling pioneer

Australia’s Core Lithium starts construction at flagship Finniss project

Energy transition faces metal supply deficit, Canada miners say