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.

October 8, 2024

Arcadium’s vast lithium portfolio lures Rio at the right time

So far the market is working in Rio's favor, as plunging lithium prices since January have stymied Arcadium's growth plans.