Battery Metals Top Stories

Chamber of Mines of Argentinian province advocates against nationalization of lithium resources

Salta’s Chamber of Mines wants Argentina to move away from proposals regarding the nationalization of its lithium resources.

Staff Writer | May 7, 2023 | 12:53 pm

Filtering device that efficiently recovers lead may also be used for retrieving battery metals from water

A new capacitive deionization device can adsorb lead much more…

Staff Writer | May 7, 2023 | 6:34 am

Undersupply of magnet rare earths to hit 60,000 tonnes by 2030

Adamas Intelligence predicts that from 2023 through 2040, global demand…

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

China slams Canada PM Trudeau’s slave labor comment, threatens ‘consequences’

"His words disregarded facts and confounded black with white. The…

Reuters | May 4, 2023 | 10:32 am

Cutifani eyes IPO for Vale’s base metals business

The incoming chair of Vale's newly created base metals business…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 4, 2023 | 9:11 am

Interactive map, report show socio-environmental impacts of energy transition

A new interactive map and report present the social and environmental impacts of mining for lithium, copper, nickel, and graphite in the Americas.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 28, 2021 | 11:57 am

Researchers develop anti-ageing chemistry to overcome next-gen lithium battery decay

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences mimicked natural processes to stop the chemical degradation of electrolytes in high-voltage lithium batteries.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 28, 2021 | 7:08 am

Cobalt prices supported in 2021, expected to fall in 2022 — report

S&P Global Market Intelligence says cobalt prices are expected to fall 8.3% in 2022 on supply growth and the easing of supply chain bottlenecks.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 26, 2021 | 6:06 am

More than $2 trillion investment needed to meet IEA hydrogen targets

2030 seen as a pivotal year for hydrogen competition.

Henry Lazenby | November 26, 2021 | 2:58 am

After shaking up nickel, China’s Tsingshan sets sights on lithium

Predominantly a stainless steel maker, the company came out of nowhere to become the world's top nickel producer in 2018 thanks to its pioneering use of low-grade nickel pig iron.

Reuters | November 25, 2021 | 9:14 pm

China’s Weiming to invest in $400 million Indonesia nickel matte project

Weiming is based in Wenzhou in China's Zhejiang province, the same city that is home to top global nickel producer Tsingshan Holding Group.

Reuters | November 25, 2021 | 7:39 am

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.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 25, 2021 | 6:43 am

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.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 25, 2021 | 5:05 am

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.

Reuters | November 24, 2021 | 11:01 am

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