September 11, 2019 Miners welcome Indonesian export ore ban, plan smelting expansion Major industry players gathering at the Asian Nickel conference on Wednesday said the ban would further support the development of the nickel processing industry in the country.
September 11, 2019 Chilean lithium producer SQM bullish on white gold demand SQM expects to invest about $2.1 billion in the next five years to strengthen its production.
September 11, 2019 Tianqi puts world’s biggest lithium plant expansion on hold Tianqi poured cold water on celebrations to mark the start of production from the first stage at its Kwinana plant in Western Australia.
September 10, 2019 Electric car boom to turbocharge battery metal producers – Moody’s Demand for cobalt, lithium, nickel and copper could rise sixfold if electric cars reach 8% of road traffic by the mid-2020s, delivering huge dividends for producing countries like the DRC.
September 9, 2019 First Cobalt favors quick restart of Canadian refinery Glencore agreed last month to fund a feasibility study to restart and potentially expand the refinery.
September 8, 2019 Australian government sees potential in vanadium The federal government gave ‘major project status’ to Australian Vanadium’s namesake project in Western Australia.
September 6, 2019 Bad news for cobalt, nickel as EV sales forecasts cut — BMO BMO believes global cobalt consumption for the EV sector will hit 86,000 tonnes in 2015, down from the 97,000 tonnes previously anticipated.
September 5, 2019 Demand for battery metals, renewables fuelling rights violations — report An international watchdog's report shows that most of the world’s top battery metals and renewable energy firms have faced allegations of abuse including land rights infringements, corruption and violence over…
September 4, 2019 Chinese battery giant buys discount stake in Pilbara Minerals CATL buys 8.5% of Australian lithium miner as part of $62m capital raising to fund Pilgangoora expansion.
September 3, 2019 Chilean legislators reject lithium expropriation A bill allowing the expropriation of private companies involved in lithium mining in Chile was found to be unconstitutional.
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am
