July 16, 2025

Zimbabwe aims to break ground for $270 million new lithium plant this year

Kuvimba Mining House will begin construction of the concentration plant at its Sandawana mine in Q3 of this year.

July 15, 2025

Indigenous groups ask Chile court to pause community review of Codelco-SQM lithium deal

The process is one of the final conditions for a deal to go into effect in which state-run Codelco will take a majority stake in SQM's lithium mining operations.

July 15, 2025

Canada Nickel deposits akin to ‘Sudbury’s endowment’

New initial resources add almost 275 million measured and indicated tonnes to the company’s portfolio.

July 15, 2025

China’s lithium giants tumble after first-half profit warnings

Two of the largest miners warned that battery metal woes had weighed on earnings for the first half of the year.

July 15, 2025

Rio Tinto picks iron ore boss Simon Trott as new CEO

The board believes the company has become too complex, and the new CEO will be tasked with simplifying it.

July 14, 2025

Lockheed Martin reboots Pacific seabed mining plans

The US defense giant holds two licenses in the mineral-rich Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the eastern Pacific ocean.

July 10, 2025

Chinese tycoons are turning Indonesia into an aluminum giant

This year alone, three new alumina refineries, a key part of the aluminum production process, will begin working.

July 9, 2025

GM-backed EnergyX buys lithium-rich acreage in US Smackover formation

The deal boosts the holdings of EnergyX to roughly 47,500 acres in the Smackover.

July 7, 2025

CHART: Nickel overtakes lithium as most valuable EV battery metal as prices slump

And that is despite the significant move towards nickel-free batteries such as lithium iron phosphate or LPF and the significant cooling of nickel prices at the same time.

July 6, 2025

South32 sells Cerro Matoso nickel mine as it looks to copper and zinc

Australian miner sells Colombian operation to refocus on copper and zinc.