July 16, 2021

Ganfeng to offer to buy Millennial Lithium for up to $280m

Millennial has two non-producing lithium brine projects - Pastos Grandes and Cauchari East - in northern Argentina.

July 16, 2021

Tesla’s lithium extraction patent catches miners’ attention

The EV manufacturer filed a patent for a process that allows for the selective extraction of lithium from clay minerals.

July 15, 2021

Next mining supercycle will be different than any other — report

Fossil fuels won’t be in the vanguard and the winners will be the industrial metals needed to electrify society, Wood Mackenzie says.

July 15, 2021

Redox flow battery market expected to become multi-billion by 2031 – report

IDTechEx paints an optimistic picture of what the redox flow battery market may look like in the next decade.

July 13, 2021

Copper mining is Opec on crack, so why is the price falling?

Half the world’s copper mining is controlled by just three countries, and China alone refines 40% of the metal central to the green energy transition away from fossil fuels.

July 12, 2021

EU, Ukraine to sign preliminary deal on key raw materials, batteries

To power up e-car batteries and for energy storage alone, the EU estimates it will need up to 18 times more lithium by 2030 and up to 60 times more…

July 12, 2021

EV battery maker SES agrees to go public via Ivanhoe SPAC

SES Holdings has agreed to go public by merging with Ivanhoe Capital in a deal that will value the combined company at about $3.6 billion.

July 12, 2021

Forecasts morph into reality as tech metals fundamentals heat up

Demand for technology metals is accelerating ahead of the supply curve.

July 11, 2021

Sayona Mining raises $33.7m to fund deal, lithium project

The company plans to integrate the mine owned by North American Lithium with its Authier lithium project to create the Abitibi lithium hub.

July 11, 2021

Renewables get EU regulatory boost

Large-scale solar capacity in the US is likely to exceed that of wind in 2022.