June 12, 2024

The Metals Company, SGS make world’s first cobalt sulphate from seafloor nodules

In April, TMC and SGS produced the world’s first nickel sulphate directly from seafloor polymetallic nodules.

June 12, 2024

The world needs more batteries — but not this many

By 2025, the global battery industry will be able to produce more than five times as many cells as the world will need, BNEF forecasts.

June 12, 2024

South Korea, Kazakhstan sign minerals deals as Seoul moves to diversify supply chain

Stable supply of critical minerals is considered crucial, as South Korea lacks natural resources.

June 12, 2024

Indonesia nickel firm in talks with Glencore ahead of 2025 listing

The company is in talks to secure a stake sale to Glencore ahead of the listing as Ceria sets out to build an $8 billion nickel complex.

June 12, 2024

Green Battery, Volt Carbon to jointly develop Quebec graphite project

The two aim to produce the key commodity used in lithium-ion batteries and processing it without needing water, chemicals or reagents.

June 11, 2024

Aclara pivots permitting strategy at rare earth project in Chile

The company has decided to "split" the project by submitting two separate EIAs that collectively cover the full life of the project.

June 11, 2024

Indonesia considers terminating permits for some nickel pig iron production

The world's biggest nickel producer is experiencing a rapid depletion of ore after a surge in downstream investment.

June 11, 2024

AI helps quickly develop rare earth-free permanent magnet

MagNex is a new rare earth-free permanent magnet that can be produced at 20% of the material cost of existing REEs magnets.

June 10, 2024

Electra gets Canadian gov’t funding for critical minerals recycling project

The company is accelerating the next phase of its recycling project to demonstrate that its hydrometallurgical black mass process is scalable, profitable, and can be implemented at other locations.

June 10, 2024

Ditching noble metals improves efficiency of zinc-air batteries

A new metal-nitrogen-carbon catalyst for zinc-air batteries has proven to outperform noble metal catalysts.