Battery Metals Top Stories

EV batteries get some bling

A new EV battery uses diamonds to harvest energy.

Staff Writer | March 13, 2023 | 7:25 am

China to increase control over global cobalt supply — report

Over the next two years, China’s share of cobalt production…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 13, 2023 | 5:09 am

India to auction newly found lithium reserve

The block in the northern federal territory of Jammu and…

Reuters | March 13, 2023 | 4:25 am

China could control a third of the world’s lithium by 2025

UBS expects Chinese-controlled mines, including projects in Africa, to raise…

Bloomberg News | March 12, 2023 | 6:07 pm

US, EU to negotiate critical minerals agreement

US President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von…

Reuters | March 10, 2023 | 1:30 pm

How to participate in the coming EV boom

This week, Biden set a goal for 50% of all vehicles sold in the U.S. to be “battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric or fuel cell electric” by the end of the decade.

Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | August 11, 2021 | 11:28 am

Lake Resources says UK export agency interested in funding Argentina lithium project

UK Export Finance also indicated it would increase funding to boost lithium output at the Kachi project,

Reuters | August 11, 2021 | 8:05 am

US House bill would give tax credit for rare earth magnets

The bill is the latest in a string of U.S. legislation attempting to cobble together a national strategy to produce more lithium, rare earths and other strategic minerals.

Reuters | August 10, 2021 | 12:04 pm

Perpetua stock surges on antimony supply deal with Gates-backed battery developer

Perpetua's Stibnite project in Idaho is currently the only domestically mined source of the critical mineral in the US.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 10, 2021 | 8:56 am

Core Lithium inks 4-year supply deal with Ganfeng

Ganfeng will buy spodumene concentrate from Core's Finniss project in the Northern Territory.

Reuters | August 9, 2021 | 7:49 am

Gates-backed firm joins Bluejay on battery metals quest

KoBold Metals, a start-up backed by a coalition of billionaires, will pay $15m in exploration funding for Greenland project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 9, 2021 | 3:43 am

North Carolina County where Piedmont plans lithium project temporarily bans mining

Piedmont last autumn signed a deal to supply US electric automaker Tesla Inc with lithium sourced from its deposits in North Carolina, sending the company’s stock up tenfold.

MINING.com Editor | August 6, 2021 | 2:58 pm

New EV battery designs unlikely to dampen metals demand, miners say

Mining companies say they do not fear a plan by China's CATL to make an electric vehicle (EV) battery without lithium or other key metals.

Reuters | August 6, 2021 | 11:05 am

World’s largest EV market facing challenges — report

China’s electric two-wheeler market is not growing as it used to, according to IDTechEx.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 6, 2021 | 6:02 am

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