Battery Metals Top Stories

New copper composite to support wider EV adoption

US-based researchers produced a lighter weight conductive material by depositing and aligning carbon nanotubes on flat copper substrates.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 28, 2020 | 6:30 am

First LiSTR direct lithium extraction facility in US open

LiSTR is an environmentally friendly technology that selectively extracts lithium…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 28, 2020 | 6:27 am

Piedmont Lithium stock soars on confirmed Tesla deal

Piedmont had accidentally released the five-year agreement last week, following…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 28, 2020 | 4:57 am

Hedge fund bets on lithium miner after big electric vehicle win

Formidable Asset Management sees Lithium Americas as a “differentiated operator”…

Bloomberg News | September 25, 2020 | 2:19 pm

Visualizing the range of EVs on major highway routes

2020 all-electric vehicle range on well-recognized routes, from California’s I-5…

Visual Capitalist | September 25, 2020 | 1:22 pm

IronRidge Resources becomes member of European Battery Alliance

The Brisbane-based miner said this membership is key as it continues to develop its Cape Coast Lithium Portfolio in Ghana.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 28, 2020 | 6:30 am

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Rhodium price on track for new record, copper to extend rally, Glencore strategy to underpin cobalt prices.

MINING.com Editor | August 27, 2020 | 4:39 pm

EV to account for 79% of lithium demand by 2030

Cochilco said demand for lithium had been muted because of the pandemic, expected at around 75,000 tonnes, but would surge to 1.4 million tonnes by 2030.

Reuters | August 26, 2020 | 3:21 pm

New nickel price launched as attention shifts to green supply

Metal trades at 9-month high as mined output tanks, but future supply for EVs looks to acid-leaching projects that pump waste into the ocean.

Frik Els | August 25, 2020 | 1:08 pm

DeepGreen partners with scientists on seafloor discovery program

The battery metals start-up is investing over $60 million to accelerate a program on the potential environmental impacts of collecting polymetallic nodules from the deep seabed.

MINING.com Editor | August 25, 2020 | 12:38 pm