Australia to set up $1.5bn loan facility for critical minerals projects

Another lithium-ion battery has exploded, this time at an energy-storage complex in the U.S.

Ernst & Young’s Canadian Mining Eye index — which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior mining companies — rose 5% fin the January-March period.

The document divides operations into six levels, from zero (entirely manual) to five (fully autonomous), and assists in the preparation of a business case for autonomous mining, depending on level and needs.

Shifting battery chemistries sees lithium deployment outpace global electric car sales volume growth – report.

There are now 486 EV manufacturers registered in China.

Mina do Barroso mine could become the first European supplier of spodumene, a lithium-bearing mineral.

Chile's SQM, the world’s second-largest lithium miner, said expansion plans had gone better than expected and that sales would likely beat its forecasts for this year.

The centre will investigate opportunities for greater efficiencies in the extraction and refinement of battery minerals.

The rare earths miner said its board had concluded it would not engage with retail and industrial conglomerate Wesfarmers, stating its unsolicited takeover offer undervalues Lynas' intellectual property.