March 30, 2023 Australia risks losing pole position in critical minerals race Industry executives are calling for a national strategy to speed that development by fast-tracking mine permitting.
March 29, 2023 Jervois halts Idaho project on weak cobalt prices Shares in the Australian battery metals miner cratered about 42% on the suspension of final construction at the cobalt project.
March 29, 2023 Sweden takes serious look at pros and cons of electric road systems ERS charge moving vehicles with either loops in or next to the road, or with wires suspended above vehicles, similar to trams and trains.
March 28, 2023 Value of battery metals in newly-sold EVs tripled on rampant lithium, nickel prices MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index surged to just under $27 billion in 2022 thanks to surging lithium and nickel prices, but January saw a 50% month-on-month drop.
March 24, 2023 Battery recycling projects get $3.5 million from US The initiatives are aimed at securing a domestic supply of battery metals.
March 22, 2023 Opinion: Contentious deep sea mining code talks enter final stretch Lockheed’s sudden departure leaves no Western mining contractor with pockets deep enough to finance the billions of dollars needed to launch a seabed mining operation.
March 21, 2023 Latitude 66 confirms another cobalt-gold discovery in Finland Significant new gobalt and gold intersections were identified as part of the 32-hole diamond drilling program.
March 21, 2023 Eurobattery Minerals ups stake in Hautalampi nickel-cobalt-copper project in Finland The announcement comes a day after the company released the results of a pre-feasibility study, reporting strong economics for the project
March 21, 2023 Study shows seafloor cobalt, nickel mining dramatically lowers battery metals environmental impact Benchmark's lifecycle assessment of The Metals Co’s Pacific Ocean project shows nickel, cobalt from seabed perform better in almost every category including 70%-80% lower emissions than Indonesian nickel.
March 21, 2023 Glencore set to lose crown as top cobalt miner to China’s CMOC The Chinese company aims to double production this year, as it brings another massive Congolese mine online.
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
