October 7, 2024 Copper demand for electric vehicles is intact, trader IXM says EV sales have slowed for reasons including a lack of charging infrastructure and concerns about resale values.
October 4, 2024 Rio Tinto in talks to buy lithium miner Arcadium The deal would vault Rio into one of the world's largest suppliers of the battery metal, behind only Albemarle and SQM.
October 4, 2024 Lithium firms’ shares rise after Rio Tinto buyout rumour The acquisition talk comes as Rio faces challenges in developing its Jadar lithium project in Serbia.
October 3, 2024 India, US sign pact to cooperate on critical battery mineral supply chains Indian trade minister Piyush Goya described the agreement as a memorandum of understanding but did not provide further details on its scope.
October 3, 2024 Mining industry needs $2.1 trillion in new investments by 2050 — BloombergNEF The report highlights that critical energy transition metals could face supply deficits this decade — some as early as this year.
October 3, 2024 Lifezone Metals, JOGMEC sign MOU on Kabanga nickel project Located in Tanzania, Kabanga is considered to be one of the world’s largest and highest-grade undeveloped nickel sulfide deposits.
October 3, 2024 Zimbabwe softens stance on local lithium processing after price collapse Africa's top lithium producer had last year given producers up to March 2024 to submit plans of how they would produce the metal.
October 3, 2024 Canada Nickel files Crawford project’s federal impact statement Submission of the document, which it expects to complete within the next six weeks, is a critical requirement for obtaining federal permits.
October 2, 2024 Visualizing the decline of copper usage in EVs Copper content in EVs has steadily decreased over the past decade, even as overall copper demand rises due to the increasing adoption of EVs.
October 2, 2024 Li-FT’s first resource for Yellowknife lithium project places it third in Canada The project hosts 50.4 million inferred tonnes grading 1% Li2O for 506,000 tonnes of Li2O.
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
