Battery Metals Top Stories

Rio Tinto ups stake in Sovereign Metals with $12.4m investment

The fresh investment takes Rio's interest in Sovereign, the owner of Malawi's Kasiya rutile-graphite project, to 19.76%.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 3, 2024 | 3:50 am

Australia’s Chalice Mining inks deal with Mitsubishi to develop PGE project

The companies will develop the Gonneville PGE-nickel-copper-cobalt project in Western…

Reuters | July 2, 2024 | 3:59 pm

BASF pulls plug on Chile investment plans amid EV slowdown

The German chemicals giant withdrew from initial talks with Vancouver's…

Bloomberg News | July 2, 2024 | 10:54 am

India in talks with Africa, Latin America countries for critical mineral blocks

India is also in discussions with Australia for critical minerals.

Reuters | July 2, 2024 | 7:08 am

Rio Tinto in talks to prevent another strike at Oyu Tolgoi

Rio Tinto has said changes to Mongolia’s Labour Law in…

Staff Writer | July 2, 2024 | 6:33 am

Li-Cycle to cut 17% of staff amid battery recycling growing pains

The company has struggled with construction cost overruns at its Rochester, New York, battery processing facility.

Reuters | March 26, 2024 | 2:39 pm

Fortune Minerals gets federal funding for Northwest Territories project, Alberta refinery

$526,200 funding for the production of cobalt sulphate and bismuth ingot products.

Staff Writer | March 26, 2024 | 11:35 am

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 a Western pullback.

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 information that may inform future metal prospecting.

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 Contemporary Brunp Lygend to develop an "ecosystem" to produce EV raw materials.

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 $4.1 billion amid concerns the deal could give Tianqi a near monopoly over the global lithium market.

Reuters | March 25, 2024 | 3:32 pm

Northvolt starts battery plant work in win for Europe’s industry

The project will receive just over €900 million in handouts and guarantees from Germany, which helped prevent the project being lured to the US.

Bloomberg News | March 25, 2024 | 1:02 pm

Patriot Battery Metals makes new discovery at Corvette lithium project in Quebec

The lithium developer announced a new spodumene-pegmatite occurrence.

Staff Writer | March 25, 2024 | 9:07 am

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