Fatal blast in Indonesia puts battery metal ambitions in spotlight ahead of presidential vote Some 200 million Indonesians will vote for a new leader next month. Bloomberg News | January 5, 2024 | 10:11 am
Blade runners: how LFP batteries brought EV metal markets back to earth In a few short years, LFP batteries crushed nickel and cobalt mining markets and new technology could do the same to lithium. Frik Els | January 5, 2024 | 9:48 am
Lithium price plummet due to continue Australia, which mined about half the world’s lithium in 2022, forecasts the spot price of spodumene will fall to $2,200 per tonne in 2025. Colin McClelland | January 4, 2024 | 1:45 pm
Wealth Minerals releases positive PEA for $1.15bn Kuska lithium project in Chile Baseline capital expenditures are estimated at $749 million, including $44 million to be spent on additional exploration and permitting. Staff Writer | January 4, 2024 | 10:42 am
CMOC takes Glencore’s cobalt crown as output jumps 170% Hong Kong-listed CMOC produced 55,526 tons of cobalt in 2023, it said in a filing. Bloomberg News | January 4, 2024 | 10:11 am
Pentagon to deliver report on domestic seafloor mining by March Last month, members of Congress wrote urging the Department of Defense to prioritize planning for seabed mining as a "new vector of competition." Staff Writer | January 4, 2024 | 9:57 am
Li-FT hits 1.45% lithium oxide over 26 metres at Big East pegmatite near Yellowknife The company completed 34,238 metres of drilling at the Yellowknife project last year. Staff Writer | January 3, 2024 | 10:17 am
Top lithium miners eye partnership with Chilean government Lithium miners and the government have been holding meetings to explore potential public-private partnerships. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 3, 2024 | 9:22 am
New hub starts commercial production of recycled rare earths in the UK A rare earths hub has been set up by the University of Birmingham, HyProMag Ltd and Mkango in Tyseley, England. Staff Writer | January 3, 2024 | 6:15 am
