Race to secure battery metals heats up as GM, Ford ink dealsGeneral Motors announced three deals Tuesday for supplies of raw materials needed for its EV fleet.Bloomberg News | July 26, 2022 | 12:07 pm
Redwood Materials plans to spend $3.5bn on making EV battery essentialsRedwood is ramping up production of anode and cathode components…Reuters | July 25, 2022 | 12:45 pm
EnergyX gets $450 million investment tied to IPO plansStartup is one of several companies developing its own version…Reuters | July 22, 2022 | 7:48 am
Pilbara Minerals signs 5-year lithium supply deal with Chinese firm The miner says it has yet to see any material impact to the Pilgangoora operations from the coronavirus pandemic. Reuters | March 25, 2020 | 8:51 am
INTERVIEW: Christian Cavagnaro, managing director, Takraf Tenova Key supplier of equipment for open pit mining, company is finalizing Chuquicamata underground in Chile. Global Business Reports | March 24, 2020 | 1:09 pm
Bacanora’s Sonora project delayed to Q3 The Ganfeng test plant and project team have resumed work on project engineering. MINING.com Editor | March 23, 2020 | 10:04 am
Germany wants to mass produce large-format lithium-ion cells The ZellkoBatt project was created to build bridges between battery working prototypes and industrial mass manufacturing in domestic factories. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 23, 2020 | 9:50 am
Orocobre suspends operations in Argentina The company says it currently has sufficient stock to meet customer orders until the end of April. MINING.com Editor | March 23, 2020 | 9:37 am
Tianqi postpones commissioning of Australia lithium plant amid liquidity problems The company said its "tight liquidity situation," following the purchase of an interest in SQM, intensified since the start of 2020 due to the virus outbreak. Reuters | March 22, 2020 | 11:36 am
Lithium Americas halts Argentina construction Cauchari-Olaroz will be placed on care and maintenance; no employees are currently infected with Covid-19. Bruno Venditti | March 20, 2020 | 10:52 am
How China bent over backward to help Tesla when the virus hit Tesla received 10,000 masks and other materials that helped the company to restart its factory. Bloomberg News | March 17, 2020 | 12:11 pm
Chile lithium miners say coronavirus impact on output minimal so far Miners ramped up sanitary precautions at Atacama salt flat mining operations to protect workers. Reuters | March 17, 2020 | 8:24 am