December 28, 2022 SQM and supervisors reach agreement to avoid strike Agreement must now be ratified by members of the guild.
December 28, 2022 How to give new life to lithium-ion anodes Researchers have figured out how to recover lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese from an anode in just a few seconds.
December 27, 2022 Visualizing the metals you can buy with $1,000 Using price data from TradingEconomics, this graphic visualizes how much of each metal you can buy for $1,000.
December 27, 2022 Visualizing 25 years of lithium production, by country Global lithium production surpassed 100,000 tonnes for the first time in 2021.
December 27, 2022 Coal and lithium drive Australian stocks’ outperformance in 2022 The country’s behemoth iron ore miners ended the year on a high as China’s abrupt Covid Zero reversal and a steady stream of supportive policies raised the outlook for demand.
December 27, 2022 Tesla, Toyota interested in Chilean REEs The carmakers have expressed interest in the products that may be extracted at the Penco Module project in central Chile.
December 27, 2022 Three cathode chemistries to dominate $430bln-Li-ion market – report According to IDTechEx, NMC, NCA, and LFP will continue to be the dominant cathode materials at least until 2033.
December 27, 2022 Tesla’s tumble obliterates half of meteoric 2020 rally The electric-vehicle maker’s market valuation has shrunk to roughly $372 billion.
December 22, 2022 Metals processing company Nth Cycle awarded $2.1 million US Department of Energy Grant Grant part of the Battery Materials and Battery Manufacturing and Recycling Funding Opportunity program of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
December 22, 2022 Premium Nickel aims to re-open Selebi mine in Botswana The Selebi south deposit has a resource of 11.28 million tonnes grading 0.98% nickel and 1.9% copper.
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