Chinese battery giant buys discount stake in Pilbara Minerals CATL buys 8.5% of Australian lithium miner as part of $62m capital raising to fund Pilgangoora expansion. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 4, 2019 | 6:21 am
Chilean legislators reject lithium expropriation A bill allowing the expropriation of private companies involved in lithium mining in Chile was found to be unconstitutional. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 3, 2019 | 10:50 am
Nickel’s perfect bull storm as Indonesia bans exports again LME three-month nickel hit a five-year high of $18,850 per tonne on Monday. Reuters | September 3, 2019 | 10:37 am
Australia’s greenfield exploration spending up 57% Total mineral exploration expenditure in the last quarter rose 31.1% to A$663.1 million. MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 3, 2019 | 6:15 am
Indonesia’s nickel ban shows resource nationalism on the march While Indonesia has an estimated nickel ore reserves of 2.8 billion metric tons, proven stockpiles are only about 600 million to 700 million tonnes. Bloomberg News | September 2, 2019 | 3:16 pm
Global Energy Metals expands Nevada footprint Global Energy Metals struck an option agreement in January with Nevada Sunrise Gold to acquire 85% of the historic Lovelock cobalt mine and nearby Treasure Box properties. Trish Saywell | September 1, 2019 | 7:30 am
Codelco to decide by early 2020 on Maricunga lithium project Codelco has for years talked of getting into the lithium business. Reuters | August 30, 2019 | 1:46 pm
Ramu sends nickel price to 5-year high amid tightest market in decade Nickel price rockets after Papua New Guinea plant supplying 23% of LME warehoused nickel faces shutdown over ocean spill. Frik Els | August 30, 2019 | 12:44 pm
China is already winning the next great race in electric cars At some point it won’t make sense anymore to dig for raw materials, because enough batteries are available. Bloomberg News | August 30, 2019 | 11:47 am