It sold 109.76 million shares at 410 yuan apiece in an A-share private placement, it said in a statement Wednesday.

Ruling ends string of litigation for one of copper-nickel project's key permits.

The Grota do Cirilo project in Minas Gerais state is on track to begin producing early next year.

The Belgian company presented a 5 billion euro plan to bulk up its battery materials business by 2026.

Electra has been focused on creating North America's first integrated battery materials park near the town of Cobalt, Ontario.

An administrator appointed by a Congolese court to run the world's second-largest cobalt mine took control of the project's bank accounts after CMOC refused him access to the mine.

Piedmont's first steps toward securing lithium supplies will be in Quebec or Ghana.