December 19, 2024 Savannah to speed up Portugal lithium project, dismisses doubts over price and demand The company will accelerate its lithium mine project to ensure first commercial output in 2027.
December 19, 2024 Indonesia weighs deep cuts to nickel mining to boost prices Indonesia is considering deep cuts to nickel mining quotas as it seeks to boost slumping prices of the battery metal.
December 18, 2024 Australian graphite firms petition US on alleged China dumping Australia's Novonix has joined the American Active Anode Material Producers (AAAMP) in filing the petition.
December 18, 2024 US graphite miners ask Washington to impose 920% tariff on Chinese rivals An existing tariff of 25% on most Chinese graphite is "far too low", the group representing US and Canadian graphite miners said.
December 18, 2024 Chile’s Enami eyes lithium license in boost to partner search Altoandinos would be the first project to go through community consultation and permitting under President Gabriel Boric’s public-private approach.
December 18, 2024 Idemitsu to take majority stake in Australian vanadium developer Vecco Vecco is developing the Debella project in Queensland, focusing on a vanadium mine and an electrolyte plant for vanadium flow batteries.
December 18, 2024 Trump advisers urge ending environmental reviews for mines receiving US funds Proposed US critical minerals projects have been in regulatory review for more than a decade.
December 18, 2024 Namibia investigates China’s Xinfeng for alleged illegal mining Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy is investigating Xinfeng for alleged illegal mining in the lithium-rich Erongo region.
December 18, 2024 Abaxx to launch nickel sulphate contract on January 10 The nickel sulphate contract will be priced in dollars and physically deliverable in Singapore.
December 18, 2024 Volkswagen buys 9.9% of Patriot Battery Metals for $48 million Patriot's project will supply lithium to Volkswagen’s battery company PowerCo in Europe and North America.
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
