Battery Metals Top Stories

Russian billionaires see wealth rise to over half a trillion dollars

Vladimir Potanin, president and biggest shareholder of Nornickel, was ranked as the second richest in Russia.

Reuters | April 22, 2023 | 8:09 pm

Top stocks plummet after Chile brings lithium industry under state control

Shares in the world’s top two lithium producers are tanking…

Frik Els | April 21, 2023 | 10:26 am

Tianqi drops bid for Essential Metals as M&A heats up

Tianqi dropped its $91 million plan to buy Essential after…

Bloomberg News | April 21, 2023 | 8:01 am

Summit Nanotech ready to scale up direct lithium extraction technology

Canada’s Summit Nanotech is opening a facility in Chile with…

Staff Writer | April 21, 2023 | 6:06 am

Chile to nationalize its lithium industry

The policy sets up a public-private model in which the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 21, 2023 | 3:41 am

COP26 will be a colossal mining cop-out

New report lays out how the green energy transition “starts and ends with metals” but the required exponential growth in mining is a glaring hole in US and global decarbonisation strategies.

Frik Els | October 28, 2021 | 3:18 pm

Sibanye-Stillwater CEO outlines strategy on green energy metals

"Core to our strategy is embedding ESG excellence as the way we do business and that’s evolved into a sustainability strategy," Neal Froneman says.

Northern Miner Staff | October 28, 2021 | 12:07 pm

Vulcan Energy rejects short-seller report

Shares in Vulcan stopped trading on Wednesday after having soared 82% this year.

Reuters | October 28, 2021 | 9:02 am

Ioneer set to begin lithium production jointly with Sibanye in US plant

This follows a deal last month in which Sibanye agreed to buy half of ioneer's Nevada lithium mine project.

Reuters | October 27, 2021 | 10:03 pm

Rio Tinto and USGS team up for Montana critical mineral hunt

The USGS will deploy its hi-tech Earth MRI to look for critical minerals.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 27, 2021 | 11:22 am

EVs have lithium booming — and this time, there is no bust in sight

Demand will likely outstrip production over at least the next five years, Morningstar predicts.

Bloomberg News | October 27, 2021 | 9:41 am

Vulcan Energy accused of misleading investors with positive PFS — report

J Capital alleges Vulcan's management team low-balled the costs, thus making the project look profitable, and overstated the quality of the resource.

MINING.com Editor | October 26, 2021 | 2:16 pm

TSLA la land: Tesla vs Volkswagen 2021 battery power comparison

Head to head, gigawatt for gigawatt Tesla vs Volkswagen’s electric car only sales show just how out of whack TSLA’s $1 trillion valuation really is.

Frik Els | October 26, 2021 | 2:03 pm

Citric acid can be used to extract rare earth metals from coal ash

The method, if widely adopted, could turn coal ash from an environmental pariah into a commercially viable product, researcher says.

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

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