Battery Metals Top Stories

Kodal Minerals on track to produce lithium at Bougouni in Q4

Kodal is in competition with Leo Lithium to develop Mali’s first lithium mine.

Staff Writer | March 26, 2024 | 10:16 am

Chinese miners eye overseas deals after battery metals slump

Zijin and CMOC Group set sights on overseas expansion amid…

Bloomberg News | March 26, 2024 | 7:39 am

How science may assist green metals exploration efforts

A recent paper in the journal Science Advances reveals new…

Staff Writer | March 26, 2024 | 6:02 am

Indonesia’s Antam to start building new nickel smelter, HPAL plant in 2025

The projects are part of Antam's deal with China's Ningbo…

Reuters | March 25, 2024 | 6:47 pm

SQM spars with China partner over Codelco deal

Tianqi acquired a near-quarter share of SQM in 2018 for…

Reuters | March 25, 2024 | 3:32 pm

Agnico Eagle invests $17 million for 12% of Canada Nickel

Canada Nickel’s flagship project is the Crawford nickel sulphide deposit in Ontario.

Staff Writer | January 2, 2024 | 7:02 am

Pan Asia Metals to buy large Chilean lithium project

Tama Atacama is one of the largest lithium brine projects in South America, covering about 1,200km2 across three Chilean salt flats.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 2, 2024 | 5:28 am

Channel samples at Frontier Lithium’s Pennock pegmatite return high grades

Highlights of the results include 3 metres grading 1.8% lithium oxide.

Staff Writer | December 29, 2023 | 10:10 am

Aneka Tambang sells shares of subsidiaries to world’s biggest EV battery company

Indonesian miner Aneka Tambang has sold shares worth $467.18 million to a unit of CATL.

Reuters | December 29, 2023 | 9:54 am

Nickel is year’s biggest metals loser, copper manages small gain

Nickel is poised to post an annual drop of more than 40% on the London Metal Exchange, the biggest decline since 2008.

Bloomberg News | December 29, 2023 | 8:37 am

Chile president praises Codelco, SQM lithium deal ensuring state control

SQM said it would partner with Codelco for the future development and production of lithium in the Atacama salt flat.

Reuters | December 28, 2023 | 8:11 am

Codelco, SQM ink lithium partnership agreement

The two companies agreed to form a new company in which Codelco will have a majority stake.

Reuters | December 27, 2023 | 1:26 pm

Cash-strapped Horizonte Minerals secures $20 million interim funding

The latest funding package ensures that the company has the liquidity to advance the required re-estimation work at Araguaia.

Staff Writer | December 27, 2023 | 11:55 am

The biggest global mining news of 2023

A tumultuous year for the global mining industry: collapse of lithium prices, furious M&A activity, gold’s new record and state intervention in mining on a scale not seen in decades.

Frik Els | December 27, 2023 | 10:01 am

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