How transition metals destabilize high-energy-density li-ion batteriesJapanese scientists discovered that high-valent transition metals destabilize lattice oxygen in oxide-based battery materials.MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 22, 2021 | 6:06 am
EV Metal Index quadruples year-on-year as lithium, nickel prices rallyMINING.COM’s tracker of the value of battery metals in newly…MINING.com Editor | July 19, 2021 | 2:10 pm
New York beating London as trading hub for booming cobalt marketTrading activity in CME’s contract has been gathering steam since…Bloomberg News | July 17, 2021 | 8:28 am
Quebec touts millions in government funding for battery metal projects Quebec is becoming known for mining project funding that hands out several hundred million dollars a year and promotes the province as a battery metals hotspot. Colin McClelland | June 6, 2023 | 11:33 am
Phosphate shortage could disrupt LFP market as early as 2026, says First Phosphate CEO Currently, LFP batteries represent close to 30% of all EV batteries. Bruno Venditti | June 6, 2023 | 11:23 am
Tsingshan to invest in 50,000 t/y lithium project in Zhejiang province China, with an output of 395,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate in 2022, is the world's top smelter of the metal. Reuters | June 6, 2023 | 10:06 am
Defense Metals completes next phase of pilot plant tests, starts prefeasibility design The PFS is to be complete during the first half of 2024. Staff Writer | June 6, 2023 | 9:27 am
Chinese unicorn claims breakthrough with all-weather EV battery Greater Bay Technology claims to have overcome one of the key sticking points for EV owners — the loss of power capability and range in cold climates. Bloomberg News | June 6, 2023 | 8:51 am
Australia maps all of its tailings dams A new Atlas of Australian Mine Waste aims to provide industry with opportunities to extract critical metals from previously mined rock. Staff Writer | June 6, 2023 | 6:36 am
Eramet opens Chile office in lithium push The French mining and metallurgy company is due to start lithium production in neighbouring Argentina next year. Reuters | June 5, 2023 | 10:41 am
China’s EV battery sector is preparing a new breakthrough Gotion High-Tech Co. recently unveiled a lithium-iron-manganese-phosphate battery. Bloomberg News | June 5, 2023 | 9:17 am
When will Africa get its first gigantic battery factory? China, by far the world leader in battery production, has at least 180 large battery factories. Bloomberg News | June 5, 2023 | 7:49 am