Battery Metals Top Stories

Chalice in talks with automakers on minority stake

The company owns the Julimar nickel project, one of the biggest nickel sulphide finds in recent years.

Reuters | April 5, 2023 | 7:40 am

Ancient enzyme may play key role in producing hydrogen for green economy

Researchers are studying nature's nickel-iron hydrogenase enzyme, which produces hydrogen…

Staff Writer | April 5, 2023 | 6:06 am

BHP’s exploration accelerator to open to uranium, lithium finds

BHP's Xplor accelerator program is currently supporting seven copper and…

Reuters | April 5, 2023 | 4:49 am

Harita Nickel sets IPO price at $670 million

The pricing was set at the higher end of the…

Reuters | April 4, 2023 | 10:58 am

Companies can vie to mine the deep sea starting in July

The Metals Company expect to file an application in H2…

Bloomberg News | April 4, 2023 | 6:28 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