May 11, 2023 Indonesia emerges as a cobalt powerhouse amid surge in demand Demand for cobalt is set to more than double by 2030 to 388,000 tonnes.
May 11, 2023 Albemarle aims to expand Chile lithium mine in 2028 with new technology Albemarle currently extracts the metal using mass evaporation ponds from brine taken from underground reservoirs.
May 11, 2023 American Lithium unit gets green light to explore new area in Peru The new exploration will allow the firm to expand its existing resources in the southern Puno region.
May 11, 2023 Ivanhoe Electric buys private land by copper project in Arizona The company is saying it will buy 6,205 acres of private land by its Santa Cruz copper project near Casa Grande, Arizona.
May 11, 2023 China’s GEM to build a $500m joint nickel project in Indonesia The project, sited in Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park, will produce 20,000 tonnes per year of nickel.
May 11, 2023 Head of new lithium giant building supply chain for Americas “America-centric is a big differentiator for us with customers, with investors,” said Livent CEO Paul Graves.
May 11, 2023 Scientists find two different types of water in lithium-rich salt flats US-based researchers have characterized for the first time two types of surface water in the hyperarid salars that contain much of the world’s lithium deposits.
May 10, 2023 Indonesia became second largest cobalt producer in 2022 – Cobalt Institute The country accounted for almost 5% of global production of the battery material in 2022.
May 10, 2023 Rio Tinto to co-fund Finnish solution to recover critical minerals, metals from mine wastewater Weeefiner and Sensmet are developing a solution that will be able to provide water treatment to end-of-life mining sites and selectively recover critical minerals and rare earth metals.
May 10, 2023 Allkem, Livent merge to create world’s third largest lithium miner The all-share business combination creates a giant lithium firm with forecasted production capacity of 248,000 tonnes of LCE a year.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
