April 11, 2024 Canada Nickel starts working on Crawford, eyes 2027 production The company has started front end engineering design at the northern Ontario project, expected to be in production by late 2027.
April 10, 2024 Tianqi takes another shot at probing SQM-Codelco lithium deal It’s the latest twist in tensions between SQM and its Chinese shareholder after representatives of the two companies questioned each other’s real motivations.
April 10, 2024 Vulcan Energy starts its first lithium chloride production in Germany The German government has created a €1.1 billion investment fund to fortify the nation’s access to critical raw materials essential for high-tech and green projects.
April 10, 2024 NextSource stock jumps on lease agreement to build graphite plant in Mauritius NextSource has pre-ordered process equipment with a production capacity of 3,600 tonnes per year of spheronized and purified graphite.
April 10, 2024 Eramet reaches agreement to continue SLN’s New Caledonia operations Its nickel subsidiary SLN is locked in a dispute with local authorities over financial guarantees.
April 10, 2024 CleanTech Lithium suspends CEO on shares-backed loan It said that Aldo Boitano transferred his entire holding of 9,400,002 ordinary shares to a custodian account nominated by a bank.
April 10, 2024 Pioneer Lithium gets financial backing from Ontario government The amount received represents a rebate of up to 50% of eligible exploration costs at its flagship Root Lake project in Canada.
April 9, 2024 Nickel Industries attracts strong interest for its Indonesian supply More than 25 global auto and battery makers have expressed interest in buying nickel from its new Indonesian plant.
April 9, 2024 Lithium market struggles to recover after epic boom and bust A stuttering recovery in lithium prices is providing a fresh reminder of why the dramatic rally of recent years was followed by an even more breathtaking collapse.
April 8, 2024 Azure Minerals approves Rinehart-SQM takeover The deal values the lithium miner at A$1.7 billion ($1.1 billion).
China pledges to control steel output during 2026-2030 period In the first 11 months of 2025, China's crude steel output fell 4% from a year earlier. December 27, 2025 | 08:20 am
