February 22, 2022 Pilbara Minerals delivers first profit on lithium boom The company posted net profit attributable of A$114 million for six months ended Dec. 31.
February 22, 2022 USGS publishes 2022 critical minerals list The new USGS critical minerals list adds 15 commodities while removing four.
February 22, 2022 Biden set to tout US progress on critical minerals production Biden himself has said little about why his administration has blocked some mines while touting the need to boost domestic production of critical minerals.
February 20, 2022 New project to investigate if California’s Lithium Valley is world’s largest brine source of lithium A $1.2 million project has been launched to both quantify and characterize the lithium resource in the Salton Sea geothermal field in California.
February 18, 2022 Lithium prices rise on tight supply, strong China demand Chinese market participants were surprised that prices continued to rise rapidly after the recent Lunar New Year holidays.
February 18, 2022 Brazil’s Minas Gerais state to sell stake in lithium miner The mining state is looking to sell its 33% holding in CBL, Brazil’s only producer of lithium carbonate and hydroxide.
February 18, 2022 Global EV sales jumped in 2021, as did deployment of high nickel battery chemistries Adamas Intelligence reports that 54% of battery capacity deployed onto roads globally in new plug-in electric vehicles was powered by high nickel cathode chemistries.
February 17, 2022 France should start mining lithium at home, minister says Almost all the critical minerals currently come from outside the continent, with China dominating the global supply chain.
February 16, 2022 Albemarle slides most ever on forecast letdown amid lithium boom The world’s largest miner of the metal raised its 2022 outlook, but investors were left wanting more.
February 16, 2022 Codelco to start lithium exploration in March Chilean state-owned mining firm received an environmental permit to develop Salar de Maricunga.
Barrick officially resumes operational control of Mali mine Company will resume production gradually and focus on mandatory training for employees and contractors, according to a memo. December 18, 2025 | 09:58 am
