Battery Metals Top Stories

Nickel price extends rebound on short-covering, low stocks

Prices jumped on Friday as inventories in warehouses linked to the Shanghai Futures Exchange slid to the lowest since July last year.

Reuters | March 28, 2023 | 8:05 am

Merdeka Battery Materials plans $580 million IPO

It will be the second nickel firm in Indonesia to…

Reuters | March 28, 2023 | 7:54 am

US, Japan strike deal on supply of minerals for EV batteries

EVs that use materials that have been collected or processed…

Bloomberg News | March 28, 2023 | 7:43 am

Biden tees up a supply chain rethink with challenge to China’s EVs

Ford confirmed last month that it will tap technology from…

Bloomberg News | March 28, 2023 | 7:32 am

Bluejay Mining expands drilling at Finland nickel project

Decision follows "encouraging" results from the first exploration program of…

Staff Writer | March 28, 2023 | 5:50 am

A Tesla co-founder aims to build an entire US battery industry

Redwood Materials, the battery recycling company created by Tesla co-founder J.B. Straubel, has been keeping a big secret: It isn’t really a recycling company.

Bloomberg News | September 14, 2021 | 9:33 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

Sibanye wants to tap green metals boom as gold deals lack value

Some of the biggest mining companies are expanding into or eying commodities tied to the green revolution.

Bloomberg News | September 9, 2021 | 1:22 pm

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