March 23, 2023

Unions balk at Biden plan for mineral trade deals with EU, Japan

Unions, including the United Auto Workers, worry that providing concessions to other nations would undermine the goal of bringing jobs and investment to the US.

March 23, 2023

Harita Nickel said to weigh top-end pricing for Indonesian IPO

Harita operates the country’s first high-pressure acid leaching smelter on Obi island in North Maluku.

March 22, 2023

Top ten lithium financings of 2022

Explosion of exploration for lithium around the world.

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.