January 9, 2023

Top 50 mining companies in 2022: coal, lithium win big, China investors lose out

Commodity prices are always volatile, but in 2022 metal and mining markets reached new levels of turbulence, as the pandemic played out in China and the Ukraine war upended global…

January 9, 2023

Britishvolt in talks for majority sale to consortium

Britishvolt’s investors include mining giant Glencore, which was among the lenders that provided emergency funding to the company late last year.

January 9, 2023

Chinese lithium miner sees prices down 25% in balm for EV makers

Prices have already softened after a spectacular two-year rally.

January 9, 2023

Stellantis seals batteries material deal with Element 25

Element 25 will supply Stellantis with high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate to be used in battery packs.

January 9, 2023

Researchers solve major issues blocking development of lithium-sulphur batteries

A new redox-active layer adds energy storage capacity and suppresses corrosion in lithium-sulphur batteries.

January 8, 2023

Scientists one step closer to turning coal into graphite

A team at Ohio University carried out a series of simulations showing how coal can be converted to valuable—and carbon-neutral—materials.

January 6, 2023

Finnish technology improves lithium’s production efficiency

Finnish company Sensment announced the launching of a new technology that significantly improves the production efficiency of lithium.

January 5, 2023

Ruling in Thacker Pass lithium mine case expected within months

Chief Judge Miranda Du held a Thursday hearing to review the contention from ranchers, environmentalists and Indigenous groups.

January 5, 2023

Cleantech Lithium hails Chile project potential

Junior says scoping study confirms "outstanding" economics for the 20,000 tonnes-a-year Laguna Verde lithium project.

January 4, 2023

NioCorp demo plant in Quebec boasts high rare earth recoveries

The extraction process also revealed only two significant impurities of iron and a very small amount of nickel.