August 31, 2021

Value of battery metals in new electric cars already beyond 2020 total

MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index surpasses 2020 full year total in just six months as lithium, cobalt and nickel prices bounce and tonnes deployed globally set records.

August 31, 2021

Silver Elephant releases PEA for Nevada vanadium project

Once in production, the Gibellini project would become the first primary vanadium mine within US borders.

August 31, 2021

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.

August 31, 2021

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.

August 31, 2021

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.

August 30, 2021

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.

August 29, 2021

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…

August 27, 2021

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.

August 27, 2021

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.

August 27, 2021

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.