March 18, 2025 Uzbekistan launches $2.6B initiative to bolster minerals sector Earlier this month, Uzbekistan laid out plans to develop 76 projects covering 28 different elements.
March 11, 2025 US-backed TechMet eyes Ukraine lithium asset TechMet, a $1.2 billion Dublin-based investment fund, is looking to develop the Dobra lithium project in central Ukraine.
March 10, 2025 Pure Lithium secures US government funding US Department of Energy’s backing will enable it to scale lithium metal anode production from recycled lithium.
January 14, 2025 Biden signs executive order to power-up AI infrastructure The push for data centre storage power is set to boost mining for energy transition metals such as silver for solar panels, copper for wiring, and lithium, cobalt, manganese, iron,…
January 7, 2025 Novel lithium metal battery achieves unprecedented cycling results, CEO says Pure Lithium announced results it says have never been previously reported from lithium metal battery cycling, and further proves its technology’s commercial viability.
December 24, 2024 CHARTS: The coming critical minerals trade war is BRICS short of a load "While a large number of countries around the world continue to talk about securing raw material supply, China is actually doing something about it."
December 18, 2024 Idemitsu to take majority stake in Australian vanadium developer Vecco Vecco is developing the Debella project in Queensland, focusing on a vanadium mine and an electrolyte plant for vanadium flow batteries.
October 1, 2024 Pure Lithium acquires vanadium cathode materials company Dimien The company says the acquisition will accelerate the development of its lithium metal vanadium battery.
September 25, 2024 Kamala Harris calls for US critical minerals reserve, tax credits The plan, part of a $100 billion industrial policy vision, also called for the use of emergency government powers under the Cold War-era Defense Production Act.
September 23, 2024 Ivanhoe Electric unit secures $55 million Chinese investment for vanadium battery business In addition to forming a JV, Ivanhoe and VRB will also establish a separate US-based vanadium redox battery business, to be located in Arizona.
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