January 19, 2023 Lithium futures gather momentum amid EV battery metals boom Open interest in the lithium contract hit a record high of 473 contracts on Wednesday, and extends out to February 2024, according to CME data.
January 19, 2023 World’s first battery passport proof of concept launched at WEF Prototype battery passports include data from Audi and Tesla relating to technical specifications, material provenance, and reporting against key sustainability performance indicators.
January 19, 2023 Column: Exchanges diversify as base metals trade shrinks in 2022 Volumes have fallen every month year-on-year since the suspension of nickel trading and the decision to cancel trades.
January 19, 2023 Congo president demands more from $6.2 billion China metals deal “The Chinese, they’ve made a lot of money and made a lot of profit from this contract,” Tshisekedi said in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
January 19, 2023 Patriot Battery Metals surges on best lithium drill intercept to date at CV5 pegmatite The spodumene mineralization at the CV5 pegmatite has now been traced over a strike length of at least 2,200 metres.
January 19, 2023 Talon Metals strikes new nickel-copper mineralization in Minnesota Earlier this year, Tesla signed its first US nickel supply deal with Talon.
January 19, 2023 American Lithium says US funding will shore up nascent industry “In the last year or so we’ve started to see things really start to move,” CEO Simon Clarke said.
January 18, 2023 Canada Nickel confirms major discovery larger than flagship Crawford project in Ontario All 16 drill holes completed on the Reid property have now intersected multi-hundred-metre intervals of nickel mineralization.
January 17, 2023 BASF, Eramet to finalize $2.6bn partnership on Indonesia nickel smelter The partnership would build a hydro-metallurgical complex with an output capacity of 67,000 tonnes of nickel and 7,500 tonnes of cobalt per year.
January 17, 2023 Nickel Industries set to raise $471m to buy nickel assets The company will also look to collaborate with Tsingshan Group.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am