Battery Metals Top Stories

Battery recycling projects get $3.5 million from US

The initiatives are aimed at securing a domestic supply of battery metals.

Staff Writer | March 24, 2023 | 6:06 am

Bolivia pushes for Latin America-wide lithium policy

The idea is part of a broader initiative involving Argentina,…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 24, 2023 | 3:56 am

Nickel price slumps as global production soars

Production from top supplier Indonesia jumped 41% in January, compared…

Frik Els | March 23, 2023 | 3:19 pm

Patriot Battery Metals extends Corvette lithium deposit in Quebec

Patriot is exploring along a 4.3-km trend of spodumene pegmatite…

Staff Writer | March 23, 2023 | 1:20 pm

Chinese lithium price dives in heated auto price war

China's lithium prices are plunging faster than expected this year,…

Reuters | March 23, 2023 | 9:46 am

In Argentina’s north, a ‘white gold’ rush for EV metal lithium gathers pace

Already the fourth top producer of lithium worldwide, Argentina's national and local governments are now looking to speed up development.

Reuters | September 14, 2021 | 7:14 am

EV sales to reach 5m units in 2021 with trucks, boats entering the race

According to IDTechEx, previous predictions of 2021 EV sales were a massive underestimation.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 14, 2021 | 1:58 am

Chile indigenous group asks regulators to suspend SQM’s permits

Chile's SMA environmental regulator in 2016 charged SQM with overdrawing lithium-rich brine from the Salar de Atacama salt flat, prompting the company to develop a $25 million plan to bring its operations back into compliance.

Reuters | September 13, 2021 | 3:12 pm

Union at Albemarle Atacama plant rejects new contract offer, strike continues

The union said in a statement that the latest deal offered nothing beyond two prior proposals that were also rejected.

Reuters | September 13, 2021 | 10:15 am

Surge in electric vehicle sales power lithium prices as shortages loom

Lithium prices have jumped to their highest in more than three years.

Reuters | September 13, 2021 | 7:32 am

Scientists working on autonomous swarms of robots to mine the Moon

NASA has granted a research team from the University of Arizona $500,000 to develop robots able to mine, excavate and even build simple structures on the Moon's surface.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 13, 2021 | 6:16 am

Novel type of graphene proposed for high-performance sodium batteries

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology say that Janus graphene - named after the Roman god of new beginnings - can open new doors to high-capacity sodium-ion batteries.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 10, 2021 | 10:00 am