May 18, 2023 Australia hands out critical minerals grants Australia is pushing to reap more value from its mineral wealth and become a leading supplier of battery chemicals.
May 14, 2023 New sponge can remove toxic metals, recover critical minerals from contaminated water Researchers developed a new sponge that can remove heavy metals like lead and cobalt from contaminated water, leaving safe, drinkable water behind.
May 11, 2023 Indonesia emerges as a cobalt powerhouse amid surge in demand Demand for cobalt is set to more than double by 2030 to 388,000 tonnes.
May 10, 2023 Indonesia became second largest cobalt producer in 2022 – Cobalt Institute The country accounted for almost 5% of global production of the battery material in 2022.
May 10, 2023 Africa needs $700 billion of finance for green energy and metals The continent’s financial institutions won’t be able to provide even half of that, according to Standard Bank.
May 10, 2023 Rio Tinto to co-fund Finnish solution to recover critical minerals, metals from mine wastewater Weeefiner and Sensmet are developing a solution that will be able to provide water treatment to end-of-life mining sites and selectively recover critical minerals and rare earth metals.
May 9, 2023 Glencore to build Europe’s largest battery recycling plant It has partnered up with Canada’s Li-Cycle to convert an old lead refinery in Italy into a facility to recover key metals from batteries.
May 7, 2023 Filtering device that efficiently recovers lead may also be used for retrieving battery metals from water A new capacitive deionization device can adsorb lead much more efficiently than similar devices.
May 4, 2023 Nevada regains position as most attractive mining jurisdiction The Fraser Institute's Annual Survey of Mining Companies places Western Australia second, and the Canadian province of Saskatchewan third.
April 28, 2023 Stellantis, Australia’s Alliance Nickel ink deal for battery elements supply Automaker has signed an agreement with the miner for the supply of battery grade nickel and cobalt sulphate from the NiWest project.
US raises Graphite One loan to $2.1B Graphite Creek is described by the US Geological Survey as the largest graphite deposit in the country. December 19, 2025 | 07:43 am
