April 3, 2024 Glencore backs EVelution Energy’s cobalt plant plans The mining and commodities trader giant will provide EVelution with long-term supplies of cobalt hydroxide.
April 2, 2024 Australia regulator extends approval deadline for SQM-Hancock’s $1.1bn bid for Azure SQM and Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting, already Azure's two largest shareholders, teamed up in December to buy the lithium developer.
April 2, 2024 Tullett Prebon launches battery metals trading desk Tullett currently trades base metals such as copper, aluminum and zinc listed on the London Metal Exchange.
April 2, 2024 Lithium trading hits record on CME as funds seize budding market The drop in lithium prices has flipped the market into a contango, creating opportunities for funds.
April 1, 2024 Sigma Lithium expands production capacity, targets doubling output by 2025 The miner plans to increase production at its Grota do Cirilo project to 520,000 tonnes per year.
April 1, 2024 Volt Lithium’s cost cuts help Alberta project weather metal price crash The company has cut nearly two-thirds of its lithium production cost.
April 1, 2024 Chile’s mining production up 7.7% in February Following one of the most challenging periods for miners in Chile in years, the country’s industry is finally picking up.
April 1, 2024 Top China lithium firms look past profit slump and vow expansion Both Tianqi and Ganfeng said they’ll continue to acquire global reserves of the key battery material.
March 29, 2024 Video: Volt Lithium barrels towards 2025 commercial production The ability to produce lithium directly from oil field brines, especially in regions like Alberta, where lithium is pervasive in major formations, could help meet the growing demand for lithium.
March 28, 2024 Chile wants to double its lithium output to avert risk of substitution in batteries More threatening than oversupply in the coming years is the risk of a renewed shortage, which would send prices soaring.
Ioneer eyes bid for Rio Tinto’s US boron unit Boron, an element mineral with few producers, was added to the US list of critical minerals last month. December 12, 2025 | 02:49 pm
