Blade runners: how LFP batteries brought EV metal markets back to earth

In a few short years, LFP batteries crushed nickel and cobalt mining markets and new technology could do the same to lithium.

Frik Els | January 5, 2024 | 9:48 am

Australia, which mined about half the world’s lithium in 2022, forecasts the spot price of spodumene will fall to $2,200 per tonne in 2025.

Colin McClelland | January 4, 2024 | 1:45 pm

Baseline capital expenditures are estimated at $749 million, including $44 million to be spent on additional exploration and permitting.

Staff Writer | January 4, 2024 | 10:42 am

Hong Kong-listed CMOC produced 55,526 tons of cobalt in 2023, it said in a filing.

Bloomberg News | January 4, 2024 | 10:11 am

Last month, members of Congress wrote urging the Department of Defense to prioritize planning for seabed mining as a "new vector of competition."

Staff Writer | January 4, 2024 | 9:57 am

The company completed 34,238 metres of drilling at the Yellowknife project last year.

Staff Writer | January 3, 2024 | 10:17 am

Top lithium miners eye partnership with Chilean government

Lithium miners and the government have been holding meetings to explore potential public-private partnerships.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 3, 2024 | 9:22 am

A rare earths hub has been set up by the University of Birmingham, HyProMag Ltd and Mkango in Tyseley, England.

Staff Writer | January 3, 2024 | 6:15 am