European Metals soars as Czech lithium project labelled “strategic”Nomination means the project will be given priority for financing from fund that supports European Union regions' green transition.Cecilia Jamasmie | January 30, 2023 | 7:02 am
EU recovers appetite for trade in green industry pushThe European Union is aiming to enact up to five…Reuters | January 30, 2023 | 6:53 am
Scholz visits South America in race with China for lithiumOlaf Scholz hopes his trip to Latin America will help…Bloomberg News | January 29, 2023 | 10:11 am
Lithium supply chain threatened by East-West geopolitical tensions – report Geopolitical risks and the US-China tensions pose threats on the global lithium supply chain, according to a new report by Fitch Solutions. MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 6, 2021 | 6:06 am
German-Chilean project plans to extract raw materials from thermal springs The BrineMine project is developing strategies to extract lithium, cesium and gold directly in geothermal power plants. MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 5, 2021 | 6:04 pm
Eramet says Europe must help its miners gain access to EV metals “We don’t have these resources in Europe, or very little” of them, Eramet CEO Christel Bories said in an interview. Bloomberg News | July 5, 2021 | 7:42 am
Mining brines from dormant volcanoes could provide battery metals, gold Oxford researchers say it is possible to extract copper, gold, zinc, silver and lithium from brines trapped in porous rocks at depths of 2 kilometres below dormant volcanoes. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | July 4, 2021 | 6:30 am
New recycling techniques set to make electric vehicles greener The new methods involve retrieving parts of the battery so they can be reused, which can drastically cut costs and carbon emissions. Reuters | July 2, 2021 | 7:48 am
General Motors moves to secure US-sourced lithium for its EVs The US largest automaker is investing “multi millions” in a lithium project poised to become the country's largest by 2024. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 2, 2021 | 5:47 am
China’s first exchange-traded lithium contract to launch on July 5 China's Wuxi Stainless Steel Exchange said trading in its new lithium contract would begin next week. Reuters | July 2, 2021 | 5:27 am
India gives aluminum battery a chance to take on lithium in EVs Indian Oil Corp., the nation’s largest oil refiner, has teamed up with startup Phinergy Ltd. to develop the Israeli company’s aluminum-air battery. Bloomberg News | July 1, 2021 | 9:04 pm
Piedmont expands spodumene resources with investment in IronRidge Piedmont plans to purchase an equity stake in IronRidge and a 50% stake in its Ewoyaa lithium project in Ghana. Jackson Chen | July 1, 2021 | 10:48 am