Battery Metals Top Stories

Lithium Chile gets environmental approvals for Turi exploration drilling

Surface access was successfully negotiated in early 2019 with the Turi Indigenous Community.

MINING.com Editor | October 18, 2019 | 12:37 pm

Chilean regulator asks for more time to review Maricunga project

Owners Lithium Power International and Bearing Lithium say they were…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 18, 2019 | 6:20 am

DeepGreen makes run at seafloor mining

DeepGreen Metals intends to be the world’s first zero tailings…

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 17, 2019 | 2:46 pm

Vancouver’s QMC to produce lithium oxide concentrate in China

The Canadian miner shipped spodumene from Manitoba to Guangxi.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 17, 2019 | 6:15 am

Uranium One to buy controlling stake in Wealth Minerals’ Chilean lithium project

The subsidiary of Russia’s state nuclear company Rosatom may buy…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 15, 2019 | 3:50 am

Chile’s Codelco says considering closure of coastal copper smelter

The Ventanas smelter has been the target of criticism from social and environmental groups that accuse it of contributing to heavy pollution in the Quintero area.

Reuters | October 14, 2019 | 4:16 pm

Bacanora and Ganfeng ink Sonora lithium project investment

Sonora is regarded as one of the world’s larger known clay lithium deposits.

Amanda Stutt | October 14, 2019 | 4:00 pm

Lithium battery dreams get a rude awakening in South America

So far, public and private initiatives in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Chile have failed to deliver even a single lithium cell factory.

Bloomberg News | October 11, 2019 | 8:38 am

Tech companies join forces to promote ethical sourcing of minerals

A blockchain and an ethical sourcing platform are working to verify the origin of minerals used in tech.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 11, 2019 | 6:15 am

Majority of firms fail at conflict minerals due diligence

A Responsible Sourcing Network study analyzed 215 companies’ disclosures.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 11, 2019 | 4:00 am

Power restored at First Cobalt’s Ontario refinery

First Cobalt has already received financial backing from Swiss mining giant Glencore to study recommissioning the refinery.

Jackson Chen | October 10, 2019 | 3:57 pm

Britain’s James Dyson scraps electric car project

Dyson said his engineers had built a "fantastic car" and that the project was not being closed due to any failures in research and development.

Reuters | October 10, 2019 | 2:51 pm

European consortium wants to improve lead battery technology

The Consortium for Battery Innovation published its technology roadmap aimed at tackling increasing demand.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 10, 2019 | 6:20 am

Argentinian government lowers tax for Millennial’s lithium project

The Canadian miner just got a Fiscal Stability Certificate.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 8, 2019 | 6:15 am

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