Battery Metals Top Stories

Pala to acquire Cobalt 27 for $375m, create new company Nickel 28

Pala’s offer – equivalent to C$5.75 per share – represents a 66% premium to Cobalt 27’s closing share price of C$3.47 on June 17.

Jackson Chen | June 18, 2019 | 1:23 pm

Elon Musk says Tesla “might get into mining”

Tesla CEO says product rollout is tied to battery production…

Frik Els | June 17, 2019 | 12:32 pm

Australian rare earth miners push development deals to counter China grip

The country accounts for more than half of the new…

Reuters | June 16, 2019 | 7:26 pm

European lithium projects gain attention amid push toward electric vehicles

European lithium projects are making a fresh push for capital,…

Reuters | June 13, 2019 | 2:32 pm

Benchmark Minerals responds to LME’s price provider decision

Mining consultancy firm Benchmark Minerals, which specializes in lithium-ion raw…

Jackson Chen | June 13, 2019 | 12:00 pm

China’s Ganzizhou Rongda Lithium restarts spodumene mine after 5 years

The lithium project, situated in Ganzi in western province of Sichuan, is expected to produce about 30,000 tonnes of lithium concentrate this year.

Reuters | June 13, 2019 | 9:19 am

ALX acquires nickel, copper, cobalt claims in Saskatchewan

The claims are within the company's Falcon Nickel project.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 13, 2019 | 6:45 am

Pot is taking the spotlight away from lithium and threatening the EV boom

Lithium miners are seeing investor interest go up in smoke.

Bloomberg News | June 12, 2019 | 3:33 pm

Nemaska Lithium eyes fresh steps to raise capital for Quebec project

Nemaska Lithium Inc may issue new shares, take on new debt or sell assets as it hunts for fresh capital to build a lithium project in Quebec.

Reuters | June 12, 2019 | 12:16 pm

Chile to push both private and public investment in lithium

The country produced 96,053 tonnes of the white metal, which is used to make electric vehicle batteries, in 2018.

Reuters | June 11, 2019 | 4:20 pm

Kibaran Resources outlines plans for battery graphite plant amid overseas demand

The company's proposed production facility at Kwinana, near Perth in Western Australia, would manufacture battery graphite worth $72 million a year for export.

Reuters | June 11, 2019 | 2:07 pm

China kicks off national survey of rare earth resources amid threats of supply curbs

The world's top producer of rare earth elements is initially targeting seven regions, including Inner Mongolia and Jiangxi province.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 11, 2019 | 11:22 am

MGX and Eureka to install world’s first commercial rapid petrolithium recovery system

The system will be deployed at Eureka’s Standing Stone advanced wastewater treatment facility in Pennsylvania.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 11, 2019 | 10:58 am

Tianqi says happy ‘for now’ with stake in SQM

Tianqi last December bought a 23.8 percent share in SQM from Canadian fertilizer company Nutrien for $4.1B, the largest deal in history for a lithium asset.

Reuters | June 10, 2019 | 10:43 pm

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