Battery Metals Top Stories

Nickel price slumps as global production soars

Production from top supplier Indonesia jumped 41% in January, compared to last year.

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

NextSource’s Molo graphite mine in Madagascar enters commissioning phase

During the first phase, the Molo mine will initially produce…

Staff Writer | March 23, 2023 | 9:02 am

Unions balk at Biden plan for mineral trade deals with EU, Japan

Unions, including the United Auto Workers, worry that providing concessions…

Bloomberg News | March 23, 2023 | 7:50 am

Noront tells Wyloo to make its offer official

The company is reminding shareholders that BHP's C$0.55-per-share friendly bid is the only one that's officially been made.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 31, 2021 | 7:30 am

Congo copper sales increase 10% in H1, cobalt up 15%

Exports and local sales of copper stood at 871,956 tonnes, while sales of cobalt were recorded at 44,654 tonnes.

Reuters | August 31, 2021 | 7:19 am

Scientists ‘stretch’ li-ion batteries storage capacity, lifespan

Researchers at the University of Southern California propose introducing “stretch” into battery materials so they can be cycled repeatedly without structural fatigue.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 31, 2021 | 6:06 am

Piedmont, Sayona complete Canadian lithium miner buy

Acquisition is part of the company's plan to create a potential lithium production hub in the Abitibi region of Quebec.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 30, 2021 | 8:46 am

Tesla needs to perform delicate balancing act when it comes to lithium mining — expert

Tesla has to balance increasing demand for EVs and the fact that stakeholders want every step of the process of building a car to be respectful towards the environment and communities.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 29, 2021 | 11:34 am

US judge set to rule on Native American request to block Nevada lithium mine

Federal judge will rule by Sept. 3 on whether to grant a request to temporarily block Lithium Americas from excavating at Thacker Pass.

Reuters | August 27, 2021 | 2:45 pm

How Afghanistan’s $1 trillion mining wealth sold the war

US media regurgitates a 2010 New York Times frontpage story on Afghanistan’s mineral riches based on a secret Pentagon memo and a 1977 Soviet geologic map.

Frik Els | August 27, 2021 | 12:19 pm

Silver Elephant to spin-out battery metals assets

The Gibellini vanadium project, in Nevada, the Manitoba-based Minago nickel project and certain battery metals royalties will be stand-alone companies.

MINING.COM Editor | August 27, 2021 | 7:38 am

Ambatovy makes surprise pick of Stratton as marketing partner

Madagascan miner has agreed a deal for Britain-based Stratton Metals to market its cobalt in the US and Europe

Reuters | August 27, 2021 | 6:36 am

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