May 21, 2025 Energy storage boom drives battery shift, leaving nickel, cobalt behind LFP batteries are fuelling a boom in energy storage projects.
May 21, 2025 Zimbabwe lithium exporters seek tax delay until 2027 Miners are asking for the 5% levy aimed at fostering a domestic refining industry to be delayed for two and a half years.
May 20, 2025 Trump sets stage to sell ocean mining rights off American Samoa The move follows a request for a lease sale from a company the Interior Department identified as US-based Impossible Metals.
May 20, 2025 Argentina approves $2.5B Rio Tinto lithium mining project Rincon becomes the first mining project under Argentina's new investment incentive regime.
May 19, 2025 CHARTS: EV battery metals bill ticks up as cobalt, nickel prices strengthen The $1.73 billion worth of nickel contained in EVs sold this year for the first time exceeds battery lithium amounts, despite faster global adoption of nickel-free power packs.
May 19, 2025 Codelco taps Rio Tinto for major new lithium tie-up Rio Tinto will contribute up to $900 million to the Maricunga project in Chile, taking a 49.99% share.
May 19, 2025 Arizona Lithium gets green light for Saskatchewan’s first lithium brine project The miner has received approval to commence Phase 1 production at its Prairie project.
May 19, 2025 Shanghai exchange looks to open domestic nickel contract to foreigners this year ShFE has been exploring a more internationally-accessible contract since 2023.
May 19, 2025 Kodal expects Mali permit soon to export 27,000t of stockpiled lithium The company began production at Bougouni in February.
May 18, 2025 Manitoba fires threaten Sinomine’s Tanco lithium-cesium mine Tanco is about 180 km northeast of Winnipeg and sits right beside a large zone where fires are burning out of control.
ERG signs long-term gallium supply deal with Mitsubishi Kazakhstan, which currently produces no gallium, is set to become the world's second-largest producer. December 20, 2025 | 08:34 am
