Battery Metals Top Stories

Chile hopes SQM-Codelco deal to proceed as planned, finance minister says

The arrangement would see Codelco take a majority stake in SQM’s Atacama salt flat assets in exchange for 30 more years of operations.

Bloomberg News | May 31, 2024 | 3:15 am

Chile’s ENAMI aims to break ground on first lithium project by 2028

ENAMI this month launched a search for a private partner…

Reuters | May 30, 2024 | 11:02 am

Column: LME brand approval cements Indonesian nickel ascendancy

For Indonesia it's a vindication of its policy of forcing…

Reuters | May 30, 2024 | 10:01 am

Wyloo Metals to build battery materials processing plant in Ontario

The facility will fill a critical gap in Canada’s electric…

Staff Writer | May 29, 2024 | 12:52 pm

Indonesia buying record amounts of Philippine nickel ore due to quota delays

Delays by Jakarta in issuing mining quotas and heavy rains…

Reuters | May 29, 2024 | 6:51 am

Molybdenum-ruthenium catalyst helps produce green fuel from water

A new catalyst has proven to be efficient for the oxygen evolution reaction — a component of the water-splitting process that produces hydrogen for fuel cells.

Staff Writer | February 1, 2024 | 5:05 am

Northern Graphite shares up on news of battery materials group launch

The new entity was formed through the acquisition of the assets and R&D team of the battery division of Germany’s Heraeus Group.

Staff Writer | January 31, 2024 | 10:41 am

Trafigura-backed nickel mine seeks new partner for bailout

The trading giant declined to contribute more funds as part of a French government rescue package for the New Caledonian mining industry.

Bloomberg News | January 31, 2024 | 10:04 am

Activists, Hollywood take down top 50 mining company

The ranks of the most valuable mining companies in the world were throughly scrambled in 2023 as governments intervened, lithium and nickel prices tumbled, gold hit records and a new listing went ballistic.

Frik Els | January 31, 2024 | 8:31 am