September 29, 2022

RANKED: World’s largest clay and hard rock lithium projects

In a snapshot of the global project pipeline, Miningintelligence data provides a ranking of the largest projects in 2022.

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.