Column: Automakers go back to the future to secure battery metals

Agreement will provide Graphex with a diverse supply of raw materials in line with its plans to bring domestic processing facilities online to supply automakers and battery gigafactories.

The company posted net income for the second quarter ended June 30 of $650 million, or $5.52 per share.

The shipment totaled 25,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate to be sold into the global spot market via a major trading company.

The company is testing whether it’s feasible to extract minerals from the large amounts of dirty water generated by drilling in the Permian Basin.

Trafigura’s metals unit is already under fire after announcing in February it was the victim of a massive alleged nickel fraud.

Refining rare earths for the green energy transition is hard. Just ask MP Materials and Lynas.

Minerals that will now be open for mining and auction also include titanium, beryl, niobium and zirconium.

The company and Calix received board approvals to build a demonstration plant to process lithium at the Pilgangoora project in Western Australia.

Chinese investments and new contracts in the metals and mining sector topped $10 billion during the first half of 2023, a 131% growth year-on-year.