September 15, 2021 Vulcan Energy gets firm commitments for $146.58m discounted placement Funds raised would be used to progress Vulcan's zero-carbon lithium development in Europe, which has an offtake deal with the battery unit of South Korea's LG Chem.
September 15, 2021 Talon Metals hits record nickel, copper grades at Tamarack Tamarack is currently the only high-grade development-stage nickel project in the US.
September 15, 2021 CATL said to be mystery bidder for Canada’s Millennial Lithium A bidding war is heating up for Canadian miner Millennial Lithium Corp. as Chinese firms compete to secure key elements needed for electric-vehicle batteries.
September 14, 2021 A Tesla co-founder aims to build an entire US battery industry Redwood Materials, the battery recycling company created by Tesla co-founder J.B. Straubel, has been keeping a big secret: It isn’t really a recycling company.
September 14, 2021 In Argentina’s north, a ‘white gold’ rush for EV metal lithium gathers pace Already the fourth top producer of lithium worldwide, Argentina's national and local governments are now looking to speed up development.
September 14, 2021 EV sales to reach 5m units in 2021 with trucks, boats entering the race According to IDTechEx, previous predictions of 2021 EV sales were a massive underestimation.
September 13, 2021 Chile indigenous group asks regulators to suspend SQM’s permits Chile's SMA environmental regulator in 2016 charged SQM with overdrawing lithium-rich brine from the Salar de Atacama salt flat, prompting the company to develop a $25 million plan to bring…
September 13, 2021 Union at Albemarle Atacama plant rejects new contract offer, strike continues The union said in a statement that the latest deal offered nothing beyond two prior proposals that were also rejected.
September 13, 2021 Surge in electric vehicle sales power lithium prices as shortages loom Lithium prices have jumped to their highest in more than three years.
September 13, 2021 Scientists working on autonomous swarms of robots to mine the Moon NASA has granted a research team from the University of Arizona $500,000 to develop robots able to mine, excavate and even build simple structures on the Moon's surface.
Chinese copper smelter, Antofagasta agree to record low fees Tough negotiations reflected a market facing abundant refining capacity but tight global ore supplies. December 22, 2025 | 12:20 pm
