April 5, 2022 IGO says Western Areas may nix $829 million buyout IGO says its takeover of nickel producer Western Areas might fall through after an independent expert concluded the offer was "neither fair nor reasonable".
April 5, 2022 Biden’s battery metals boost could ease US dependence on China Reducing the US’s dependence on China for battery materials is a uniquely bipartisan issue.
April 5, 2022 Canada to invest $1.6 billion on mineral strategy for EV battery supply chain Canada last month announced financial support for building two facilities that will make battery materials for electric vehicles, and one battery gigafactory.
April 5, 2022 ‘Salty’ freeze-thaw battery a step toward seasonal storage The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a ‘freeze-thaw battery’ that locks in energy for months without losing much storage capacity.
April 5, 2022 Albemarle, Mineral Resources to speed up Wodgina lithium mine restart The partners now expect first production from the idled lithium mine in May, to respond to "unprecedented” demand for the battery metal.
April 4, 2022 Avalon partners with India’s Essar Group to build Ontario lithium refinery The lithium refinery will be designed to accept concentrates from several pegmatite projects in Ontario's North.
April 4, 2022 The battery metal really worrying China is lithium, not nickel Lithium carbonate in China jumped about 472% from a low last June to a record high on March 15.
April 3, 2022 Canadian technology to recover strategic metals from spent Li-ion batteries gets $18m in funding Lithion Recycling’s technology is able to recover 95% of strategic materials from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries and industrial waste.
April 1, 2022 Carmakers will “need to become miners” – Benchmark Even if every lithium, cobalt, nickel and graphite green and brownfield project in the pipeline comes on stream “there will not be enough” raw material going into 2030.
April 1, 2022 New thermal management network aims to make Li-ion batteries safer A 3D, thermally-conductive boron nitride network greatly improves thermal conductivity compared to random distribution in lithium-ion batteries.
Weir to acquire ESCO Elecmetal Fundición Limitada for $75 million Mining technology firm to acquire the remaining 50% share of its Chile-based joint venture. December 12, 2025 | 03:32 pm
