Video: Battery metal boom navigates new tech
How the blossoming markets for lithium, nickel and uranium are coping with new technology, politics and societal concerns led the debate at a panel discussion in Zurich this month. The…
Battery metals
VIDEO: Where battery technology is going – and what it means for miners
Battery technology used in electric vehicles is quickly evolving, and the direction it goes will have implications for the mining sector. At the recent Precious Metals Summit Zurich + Energy…
Codelco to spend US$720M on Chuquicamata copper mine overhaul
Chile’s Codelco, the world’s top copper producer, plans to invest an additional US$720 million ($985.6 million) revamping its century-old Chuquicamata copper mine, in an effort to stop the company’s overall…
Canada uncorks $1.5B critical minerals fund
The Canadian government is looking for critical mineral projects to back with a $1.5 billion fund. The Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund is organized to support clean energy and electrification projects…
Vale’s Indonesia equity sale paves the way for billions in investment
A Canadian unit of Vale Base Metals, Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) copper and nickel spinoff, has agreed to sell a 14% stake in Vale Indonesia (PT Vale) to align with Indonesian…
China’s controls on graphite exports ‘a loud wakeup call’ for the US, says Graphex CEO
China announced last month it will require export permits for some graphite products in another bid to control critical mineral supply in response to challenges over its global manufacturing dominance. Graphex Technologies – among…
Osisko Development, O3 Mining create lithium spinoff
Canadian gold developers Osisko Development (TSXV: ODV; NYSE: ODV) and O3 Mining (TSXV: OIII, US-OTC: OIIIF) have linked up to create a premier lithium exploration company focused on the James…
Follow the money trail to critical metals
One investing strategy in mining is to watch the insiders. By insiders, I mean the big players in the industry. That is, the directors of multi-billion-dollar companies, mining magnates and…
IGO stands by incoming CEO after Rio Tinto sacks him
Australia’s lithium and nickel producer IGO (ASX: IGO) is standing by its incoming chief executive officer, Ivan Vella, after Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) sacked on Wednesday its former aluminum boss for…
Sigma Lithium shares jump as it posts first quarterly profit
Sigma Lithium (TSXV: SGML; NASDAQ: SGML) reported on Wednesday its first profitable quarter since starting production at its Grota do Cirilo mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil, in April this year….
Atlantic Lithium shuns takeover by major African shareholder
Atlantic Lithium (AIM: ALL, ASX: A11, US-OTC: ALLIF) is once again turning down a proposed takeover by 24.5% shareholder Assore International Holdings, which has offered to acquire the remainder of…
Britain’s leading geothermal power developer to produce lithium
Britain’s leading geothermal power developer is raising £600 million (US$737 million) to produce low-carbon lithium. Geothermal Engineering Ltd. plans to produce about 12,000 tonnes per year of lithium carbonate equivalent…