CATL confirmed to be Millennial Lithium buyer in $297m deal The Chinese battery maker will acquire Millennial at a price of C$3.85 per share, a premium of 6.9% over the offer by Ganfeng. MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 28, 2021 | 10:46 am
Congo reviews $6.2bn China mining deal as criticism grows The contract, signed in 2008, promised a $3.2 billion investment by China in a copper/cobalt mine and another $3 billion worth of infrastructure projects. Bloomberg News | September 28, 2021 | 8:09 am
Australia to set up $1.5bn loan facility for critical minerals projects Australia is a major supplier of critical minerals, such as nickel, copper and cobalt. Reuters | September 28, 2021 | 7:43 am
Over 150m households, 23m businesses could switch to solar by 2050 — report According to BloombergNEF and Schneider Electric, careful policy design could unlock a massive rooftop solar market around the world. MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 28, 2021 | 2:58 am
Greenland-focused Greenroc Mining IPOs on the AIM GreenRoc issues 111.2 million shares at 10p each and expects a market capitalization of £11.1 million upon AIM admission. MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 27, 2021 | 11:16 am
Appian Capital in talks to sell Atlantic Nickel for $1bn Teck Resources has been cited as one of the likely buyers for the Santa Rita open pit nickel-cobalt mine. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 27, 2021 | 10:20 am
AVZ Minerals secures Chinese backing for DRC lithium project Suzhou CATH has agreed to invest more than $400 million to become a partner in the Australian explorer’s Manono project in southern DRC. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 27, 2021 | 7:00 am
Super material discovered in error could be key for batteries, fuel cells A silver-charged super material was discovered by mistake. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 27, 2021 | 5:00 am
Ranked: The top 10 EV battery manufacturers With increasing interest in electric vehicles from consumers, the market for lithium-ion EV batteries is now a $27 billion per year business. Visual Capitalist Elements | September 25, 2021 | 10:10 pm