October 10, 2024 Zimbabwe plans incentives to encourage mineral processing Zimbabwe has banned the export of unprocessed raw lithium and “base minerals” to boost domestic processing.
October 9, 2024 LMFP battery technology breakthrough could increase EV range by 20%, Integrals Power says The company's LMFP materials feature 80% manganese, instead of the 50-70% typically found in competing materials.
October 9, 2024 Rio arrives in lithium with a survival-of-the-fittest mentality The company is planning to invest heavily in further expansion ahead of an anticipated 2030s demand boom.
October 9, 2024 Canada’s green taxonomy unlikely to include new natural gas projects The taxonomy will include both low-emitting “green” activities and “transition” activities that enable decarbonization.
October 9, 2024 US Strategic Metals, Stillwater Critical Minerals enter MOU USSM plans to mine what it considers to be the largest cobalt reserve in North America.
October 9, 2024 Northern Graphite, Rain Carbon to develop natural graphite battery anode Their innovation will address the stability gap between natural and synthetic graphite.
October 9, 2024 Ranking the world’s top lithium producers Acquiring Arcadium makes Rio Tinto one of the world's largest lithium producers.
October 9, 2024 Rio pays premium multiple for Arcadium in biggest deal since 2007 “We feel quite comfortable that we have not bought a lithium company at the top of the cycle right now. We had to pay a fair price, and that’s what…
October 8, 2024 Rio Tinto buys Arcadium for $6.7 billion cash Rio's offer is at the high end of expectations representing a premium of 90% to Arcadium’s closing price on October 4.
October 8, 2024 Lithios secures $12 million to scale its lithium extraction technology The company says its ALE technology can unlock sources of lithium previously considered uneconomical and inaccessible.
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