June 4, 2025 Column: Rio Tinto bets lithium will retain its battery metal crown It's a tough time to be a lithium producer as the light metal sinks under the weight of excess supply.
June 4, 2025 Algeria plans to allow foreign firms to mine for critical metals The gas-rich nation looks to boost production of minerals including phosphate, iron ore and lithium.
June 2, 2025 Bolivian court pauses Chinese, Russian lithium deals The deals aimed to establish direct lithium extraction facilities in Salar de Uyuni in southwest Bolivia.
June 2, 2025 ioneer quadruples Rhyolite Ridge reserves, costs double Reserves increase and extended mine life come with a higher price tag: capital expenditure more than doubled to $1.67 billion.
May 29, 2025 Frontier Lithium feasibility study lifts PAK reserves by 37% The study calculates a net present value of $932 million based on a discount rate of 8%.
May 28, 2025 Rio Tinto split with CEO Stausholm over conflicting priorities Rio Tinto's board and Jakob Stausholm agreed to part ways last week.
May 28, 2025 SQM misses profit estimates as lithium prices remain under pressure The miner warned of lower realized prices in the next quarter due to oversupply of the metal.
May 27, 2025 CHART: Asian EV battery makers buy 94% of global battery metals EV battery manufacturers based in China, Korea and Japan have almost complete control of the global market, and it’s not changing any time soon.
May 27, 2025 Ukraine revamps minerals sector, eyes billions in investment from US deal Ukraine is overhauling its minerals sector, which has been pounded by three years of war.
May 26, 2025 Chile’s leftist presidential hopefuls spar over SQM-Codelco deal Contenders clashed over a landmark deal signed last year between lithium supplier SQM and state-owned Codelco.
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
