Zijin’s lithium foray adds to China’s push for battery materials Zijin shares jumped as much as 8.8% in Hong Kong on Monday, and are up 17% this year. Bloomberg News | October 11, 2021 | 2:42 pm
Lithium deal shows China’s accelerating race for battery metals Lithium has gotten so hot that even China’s gold miners want a slice of the market, sky high valuations and all. Bloomberg News | October 11, 2021 | 11:43 am
International Nickel Study Group forecasts rising nickel demand in 2022 Exports of unprocessed nickel ore from Indonesia, the world’s top nickel miner, ceased in January 2020, due to a government-imposed ban. Dan Sekulich - The Northern Miner | October 11, 2021 | 11:24 am
Ganfeng raises lithium metal prices amid power crunch The Chinese company also cited higher costs for raw materials such as lithium carbonate for the price increase. Reuters | October 11, 2021 | 9:57 am
Rock Tech Lithium to build $544 million plant in Brandenburg The plant will be in the town of Guben, a roughly 90-minute drive from where Tesla is building its gigafactory. Reuters | October 11, 2021 | 9:49 am
Scientists explore possibility of mining iron, nickel, cobalt-rich near-earth asteroids Metal-rich asteroids are similar to some stony-iron meteorites found on Earth. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 11, 2021 | 6:06 am
The hottest party in the metals world is back, but much smaller LME Week resumes amid continued covid risk. Bloomberg News | October 10, 2021 | 2:51 pm
Zijin Mining to acquire Neo Lithium in $737m deal In August, Chinese gold and copper miner Zijin said its plan on lithium and other new energy minerals were in a preliminary strategic planning stage. Reuters | October 10, 2021 | 2:43 pm
Cobalt supply chain: China and DRC to maintain dominance, growth potential in Australia– report The global cobalt industry is set to receive a significant boost from the worldwide shift to a green economy, Fitch says. MINING.com Editor | October 8, 2021 | 2:51 pm