January 5, 2024

Fatal blast in Indonesia puts battery metal ambitions in spotlight ahead of presidential vote

Some 200 million Indonesians will vote for a new leader next month.

January 5, 2024

Blade runners: how LFP batteries brought EV metal markets back to earth

In a few short years, LFP batteries crushed nickel and cobalt mining markets and new technology could do the same to lithium.

January 4, 2024

Lithium price plummet due to continue

Australia, which mined about half the world’s lithium in 2022, forecasts the spot price of spodumene will fall to $2,200 per tonne in 2025.

January 4, 2024

Wealth Minerals releases positive PEA for $1.15bn Kuska lithium project in Chile

Baseline capital expenditures are estimated at $749 million, including $44 million to be spent on additional exploration and permitting.

January 4, 2024

CMOC takes Glencore’s cobalt crown as output jumps 170%

Hong Kong-listed CMOC produced 55,526 tons of cobalt in 2023, it said in a filing.

January 4, 2024

Pentagon to deliver report on domestic seafloor mining by March

Last month, members of Congress wrote urging the Department of Defense to prioritize planning for seabed mining as a "new vector of competition."

January 3, 2024

Li-FT hits 1.45% lithium oxide over 26 metres at Big East pegmatite near Yellowknife

The company completed 34,238 metres of drilling at the Yellowknife project last year.

January 3, 2024

Top lithium miners eye partnership with Chilean government

Lithium miners and the government have been holding meetings to explore potential public-private partnerships.

January 3, 2024

New hub starts commercial production of recycled rare earths in the UK

A rare earths hub has been set up by the University of Birmingham, HyProMag Ltd and Mkango in Tyseley, England.

January 2, 2024

Agnico Eagle invests $17 million for 12% of Canada Nickel

Canada Nickel’s flagship project is the Crawford nickel sulphide deposit in Ontario.