Battery Metals Top Stories

Coal India eyeing Argentina, Chile for critical minerals

India has been exploring ways to secure supplies of lithium.

Reuters | September 18, 2024 | 7:01 am

BHP’s Australian nickel stoppages spoil plans for LME alternative

Plans for two new nickel trading platforms to challenge the…

Reuters | September 18, 2024 | 6:59 am

Indonesia, Britain sign collaboration agreement on critical minerals

Indonesia has rich deposits of tin, copper and bauxite, among…

Reuters | September 18, 2024 | 6:50 am

Atlantic within ‘touching distance’ of building Ghana’s first lithium mine

The exploration company is waiting for Ghana's parliament to ratify…

Staff Writer | September 18, 2024 | 3:55 am

Column: Nickel market no longer afraid of losing Russian supply

With so much metal washing around the globe, who's going…

Reuters | September 17, 2024 | 7:55 am

Argentina tripled lithium carbonate production capacity in last two years

Argentina, the world's No. 4 lithium producer, has four projects in production.

Reuters | July 16, 2024 | 12:19 pm

Ganfeng Lithium plans to build $1.1 billion trading desk

Derivatives will be used to lower the risks of cross-border investments and to enhance financial stability, the Chinese producer said.

Bloomberg News | July 16, 2024 | 7:04 am

IGO to record impairment against nickel assets in strategy shift

IGO has been undertaking a strategic review in an attempt to revaluate its resources.

Reuters | July 15, 2024 | 4:24 pm

Portugal’s mining strategy may favour copper over lithium

Portugal already has the largest copper mine in the European Union, operated by Lundin Mining.

Reuters | July 15, 2024 | 8:41 am

US approaches Indonesia for multinational critical mineral partnership

Jakarta has asked Washington for a critical mineral trade deal similar to the US deal with Japan.

Reuters | July 15, 2024 | 7:03 am

Europe needs way to price critical minerals independently of China, group says

Oversupply and weak prices of materials such as lithium, cobalt and rare earths are dampening cash flows of Western start-ups.

Reuters | July 15, 2024 | 6:55 am

Seabed mining regulator meets amid mounting pressure for code

Meeting is considered pivotal for the UN body, expected to finalize its decade-long effort to enact regulations by 2025.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 15, 2024 | 4:05 am

Liontown signs new deal to supply spodumene to China

The short-term deal is to ship 100,000 dry metric tonnes of spodumene concentrate to Beijing Sinomine over 10 months.

Reuters | July 14, 2024 | 3:37 pm

Indonesian onslaught wipes out Australia’s nickel industry

BHP’s Nickel West suspension could mark the death knell for Australia’s nickel sector and has widespread ramifications.

Kristie Batten | July 14, 2024 | 8:59 am

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