May 19, 2022

Tianqi produces Australia’s first battery grade lithium hydroxide

TLEA’s Kwinana plant has met internal certification processes with the onsite laboratory confirming that battery-grade specification has been met on 10 tonnes of lithium hydroxide.

May 19, 2022

SQM profit soars on high lithium prices

Chile, the world's largest producer of lithium, has profited from the rising global demand for electric vehicles.

May 19, 2022

In Chile’s Atacama, lithium mining stirs fight over flamingos

Flamingo numbers are falling, with a new study linking this to the water extracted by mining firms to pump up brine filled with lithium.

May 18, 2022

How ‘weak sustainability’ helps miners contribute to the UN development goals

Researchers suggest that mining companies should focus on achieving ambitious yet realistic sustainability targets.

May 17, 2022

Electric vehicles surpass phones as top driver of cobalt demand

The EV sector consumed 59,000 tonnes of cobalt in 2021, or 34% of total demand, according to a report by the Cobalt Institute.

May 17, 2022

Europe’s first homegrown battery plant begins shipments

Northvolt AB became the first European firm to start commercial shipments to a carmaker last week.

May 17, 2022

China, US are racing to make billions from mining the moon’s minerals

Unlike in the era of Sputnik and Apollo, the world’s top superpowers can’t even agree on basic principles to govern the next generation of space activity. 

May 17, 2022

Zinc joins battery race in the US

Two US-based companies joined forces to push for the use of zinc alkaline batteries in clean energy storage solutions.

May 16, 2022

Horizons Copper ETF ready to trade on the TSX

The Copper Producers Index ETF targets the copper mining industry by tracking the Solactive North American Listed Copper Producers Index.

May 16, 2022

Battery boom pulls trading giant Trafigura into lithium business

The agreement to back the plant being developed by startup Green Lithium brings the world’s top independent commodities trader into a market struggling to create new supply.