September 29, 2022 Rio Tinto starts producing spodumene at Quebec plant The Quebec plant was commissioned in June and produced its first ton of spodumene concentrate in July.
September 29, 2022 Niobium could be key to supercapacitators New research from Umeå University proposes the idea of using niobium molecules as building blocks to design electrochemical energy storage materials.
September 28, 2022 Australia’s mining state aims to build battery manufacturing hub Western Australia is the world’s biggest exporter of lithium.
September 28, 2022 S.Korea’s SK On inks deal with Global Lithium Resources for lithium supply SK On will also explore additional business opportunities in the battery value chain, such as mining minerals.
September 28, 2022 Peru targets local lithium battery production, official says Peru currently produces no lithium and no country in Latin America produces lithium batteries at a commercial scale even if they do mine lithium.
September 27, 2022 Rio Tinto warns miners not moving fast enough on lithium extraction Lithium consumption needed “to surge way above anything that’s planned to be mined,” says minerals chief Sinead Kaufman.
September 27, 2022 Finland plans new tax on mining Finland has thus far not collected taxes on minerals but the government now proposes introducing a royalty of 0.6% on the taxable value of metallic minerals.
September 26, 2022 Argentine state-run miners launch first-time lithium project Units of Argentina's state oil firm YPF will start work on a 20,000 hectare area lithium prospecting project in Fiambala.
September 26, 2022 Volkswagen teams up with Umicore on battery materials The venture - between Umicore and Volkswagen's battery unit PowerCo - also plan to collaborate on recycling metals from battery materials.
September 23, 2022 Canada, South Korea seek deeper cooperation on critical minerals In a joint statement, the two countries said they agreed to deepen their "strategic partnership on supply chain resiliency".
US development-finance agency targets AI, minerals in expansion A key priority for the DFC’s expanded efforts will be critical minerals, especially in mid-stream processing projects. December 18, 2025 | 12:30 pm
