March 22, 2023 Albemarle to build $1.3 billion lithium plant in South Carolina Lithium miner chose Chester County as the location for a processing plant it hopes will cement its status as a cornerstone of the rapidly growing US electric vehicle industry.
March 22, 2023 Opinion: Contentious deep sea mining code talks enter final stretch Lockheed’s sudden departure leaves no Western mining contractor with pockets deep enough to finance the billions of dollars needed to launch a seabed mining operation.
March 22, 2023 Cirba Solutions to pour $300m into South Carolina battery recycling plant The plant will produce materials to power over 500,000 batteries every year, the company said.
March 22, 2023 Chile pushes new lithium extraction method in risk to future supply Chile’s government plans to require all new lithium projects to tap a production technique that’s barely used commercially anywhere in a bid to reduce water losses.
March 22, 2023 Sprott expands energy transition fund suite with launch of nickel ETF Sprott Nickel Miners ETF is the only US-listed exchange-traded fund focused on nickel mining companies.
March 22, 2023 Argentine mining exports hit 10-year high as lithium, EVs take off In 2022, lithium exports surged 234% from a year earlier.
March 22, 2023 Huayou starts trial production at Zimbabwe lithium mine, invests in Namibian project The Arcadia mine is expected to produce 50,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent lithium concentrate.
March 21, 2023 Eurobattery Minerals ups stake in Hautalampi nickel-cobalt-copper project in Finland The announcement comes a day after the company released the results of a pre-feasibility study, reporting strong economics for the project
March 21, 2023 Study shows seafloor cobalt, nickel mining dramatically lowers battery metals environmental impact Benchmark's lifecycle assessment of The Metals Co’s Pacific Ocean project shows nickel, cobalt from seabed perform better in almost every category including 70%-80% lower emissions than Indonesian nickel.
March 21, 2023 E3 Lithium expands resource of Bashaw, Canada’s largest brine project The sprawling Bashaw district between Calgary and Edmonton now hosts 6.6 million measured tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent.
Column: EV revolution rolls on but battery metals lose their charge It should only be a matter of time before demand momentum absorbs the current supply glut, writes Reuters columnist Andy Home. December 20, 2025 | 06:23 am
