Battery Metals Top Stories

Nickel, cobalt price: Electric car sales are tanking, but metal use spikes

According to a new report, in October the average EV sold globally contained 22% more nickel, 19% more cobalt and 15% more manganese than a year prior.

Frik Els | December 5, 2019 | 3:42 pm

Andrew Miller: We are in an upward transition period for lithium & EVs

Palisade Radio recently interviewed Andrew Miller, Head of Price Assessments…

Palisade Radio | December 5, 2019 | 3:11 pm

Apple buys first-ever carbon-free aluminum from Alcoa-Rio Tinto venture

The Alcoa-Rio joint venture wants to commercialize a technology by…

Reuters | December 5, 2019 | 12:11 pm

Vale aims to boost nickel production by 70%

The company will divest its New Caledonia operation, eyes Indonesia…

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 4, 2019 | 4:45 am

China wants new energy vehicle sales in 2025 to be 25% of all car sales

China is also discussing introducing stricter green car quotas in…

Reuters | December 3, 2019 | 2:32 pm

Honda brings forward goal to be fully electrified in Europe to 2022

The carmaker had said in March it intended "to move 100% of its European sales to electrified powertrains by 2025.

Reuters | October 23, 2019 | 2:13 pm

Health and safety bigger risks to artisanal miners that conflict minerals — report

First-ever long-term artisanal and small-scale mine site monitoring data study reveals challenges in battery metals supply chains.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 22, 2019 | 9:53 am

Rio Tinto kicks off $10m pilot hoping to become the largest lithium miner in US

The miner will be extracting lithium from the tailings of its California Boron mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 22, 2019 | 3:48 am

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 expecting the time extension.

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 miner by retrieving polymetallic base metal nodules from the seafloor.

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 up to a 51% interest in Atacama lithium project, located in an area that hosts more than 15% of the world’s known reserves of the battery metal.

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

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