July 22, 2024 Western miners push for higher metals prices to ward off Chinese rivals Industry leaders have pushed for two pricing structures for several years.
July 18, 2024 Australia’s Quantum Graphite receives $300m loan offer from US EXIM Bank The financing will cover mining and production at Uley mine in Australia.
July 8, 2024 Canada’s resources not enough to ride energy transition wave: Ian London London argues that Canada urgently needs to establish commercialization hubs to produce finished products like batteries, permanent magnets, and cathodes.
July 3, 2024 Rio Tinto ups stake in Sovereign Metals with $12.4m investment The fresh investment takes Rio's interest in Sovereign, the owner of Malawi's Kasiya rutile-graphite project, to 19.76%.
June 28, 2024 Trump re-election may lead to commodity market fragmentation: HSBC Commodity markets, already contending with high prices driven by structural supply constraints, also face uncertainties from increased geopolitical tensions.
June 27, 2024 Northern Graphite awarded Québec grant for Lac des Iles The mine has been producing graphite for over 30 years and is the only operating graphite mine currently in North America.
June 27, 2024 NextSource looks to tap Saudi perks for $280 million graphite anode plant The proposed site would produce 20,000 tonnes a year of graphite anode active material for lithium-ion batteries, according to a technical study.
June 26, 2024 Graphano Energy more than doubles graphite exploration footprint in Quebec The company's Lac-Aux-Bouleaux property is adjacent to the south of the Lac des Iles mine, the only operating graphite mine currently in North America.
June 21, 2024 SQM and Talga team up on Aero lithium project in Sweden The Chilean lithium miner can earn up to a 70% interest in Aero, which will grant it a foothold in the European market.
June 20, 2024 South Star nears startup of the Americas’ first new graphite mine in over 25 years Santa Cruz will be the first new graphite production in the Americas since 1996.
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