Battery Metals Top Stories

China EV makers’ targeting Western markets has ‘tremendous implications” for metal mix

New report says as Chinese automakers move into developed markets they bring with them cheaper nickel and cobalt-free batteries.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 13, 2021 | 10:05 pm

Albemarle gears up to tap metal from old cars

Company is making investments and partnering with automotive equipment manufacturers…

Bloomberg News | May 13, 2021 | 10:09 am

Home: Cobalt, Congo and a mass artisanal mining experiment

Congo is embarking on what will be the world's largest…

Reuters | May 13, 2021 | 7:31 am

Portugal may delay lithium licenses auction to 2022

Country has taken longer than expected implementing a new law…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 13, 2021 | 7:00 am

Eramet obtains lithium from geothermal brine in eastern France

The European Union last year added lithium to its critical…

Reuters | May 11, 2021 | 11:32 am

Seafloor mining fever drives $2.9 billion merger

Canada's DeepGreen Metals among the companies planning to mine oceans for battery metals.

Nelson Bennet - Business in Vancouver | May 11, 2021 | 8:52 am

Pilbara Minerals keen to make low-carbon lithium salts

Company has signed a deal with minerals technology company Calix Ltd to explore lithium salts production.

Reuters | May 11, 2021 | 7:57 am

Minnesota copper project in limbo as officials launch permits review

US authorities will review a decision to renew 13 mining permits, including Antofagasta’s Twin Metals copper-nickel project licence.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 11, 2021 | 3:58 am

Lithium extraction techniques increasingly under ESG scrutiny – report

According to Fitch, automakers with operations inside the EU have already started to invest in more sustainable extraction techniques, placing pressure on lithium producers.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 10, 2021 | 1:09 pm

Cars keep getting pricier and the commodity boom makes it worse

Analysts at JPMorgan estimate the price of an auto’s raw materials have climbed 83% in the year through March.

Bloomberg News | May 10, 2021 | 12:17 pm

Magnetic nanoparticles to be used to extract lithium from brines in the US

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is ready to field test a technology that uses magnetite to anchor an adsorbent shell that selectively binds lithium and other critical metals.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 10, 2021 | 8:01 am

Low carbon world needs $1.7 trillion in mining investment

Wood Mackenzie says miners need to spend that amount in the next next 15 years to help supply enough metals needed for the shift to a low carbon world.

Reuters | May 10, 2021 | 3:31 am

Commodities that will rule the green, digital transition

A report by Fitch Solutions states that most battery metals together with metal scrap will see a boost over the next decade.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 9, 2021 | 1:00 pm

Weaning US off Chinese rare earths involves supply chain perks

The only US producer of rare earths says the Biden administration needs to focus on giving incentives to producers of the building blocks that will drive electrification.

Bloomberg News | May 7, 2021 | 11:29 am

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China EV makers’ targeting Western markets has ‘tremendous implications” for metal mix

Albemarle gears up to tap metal from old cars

Home: Cobalt, Congo and a mass artisanal mining experiment

Portugal may delay lithium licenses auction to 2022

Eramet obtains lithium from geothermal brine in eastern France

Seafloor mining fever drives $2.9 billion merger

Pilbara Minerals keen to make low-carbon lithium salts

Minnesota copper project in limbo as officials launch permits review

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