"It makes us the largest collector, packager and processor of both end of life batteries and battery manufacturing scrap in North America,” says CEO David Klanecky.
Battery-metals park that will process metals including lithium, platinum, and nickel, its latest plan to revive its moribund economy.
Alpha HPA and Cobalt Blue will get about A$15 million each to set up an ultra-pure aluminum chemical plant and a cobalt project, respectively.
Signed deal solidifies early introduction of Cat MineStar Command for hauling at ioneer’s lithium-boron project in Nevada.
Two companies mine 85% of all boron. China holds a near monopoly on downstream processing. Now a California mine wants to break open this opaque market.
Company has been pursuing partnerships with steelmakers looking to address the challenge of finding cleaner ways to process minerals.
The European Commission's focus on future-looking metals seems to have blind-sided it to the older metals that are also required to decarbonize, writes Andy Home.
In 2020, SQM committed to a 50% reduction in the brine it pumps to mine lithium in the vast Atacama salt flat.
BMW will partner with CATL and Eve Energy to source the round cells in Europe and China, with the search for partners in North America still ongoing.
Key moves in the mining sector.