December 29, 2022

South Star targets Dec. 2023 start for Brazil graphite mine

Production is to begin in an $8 million first phase at a rate of 5,000 tonnes of concentrate per year from an open pit.

December 29, 2022

Lithium explorer Wealth Minerals targets European investors

The explorer has land positions at sites including the Salar de Atacama.

December 29, 2022

Lithium miner sees 25% price drop in boon for EV industry

Sinomine ’s chairman sees lithium carbonate prices dropping to about $57,443 a ton in 2023.

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.