US closer to greenlighting ioneer’s Nevada lithium mine
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cleared on Thursday one of the final regulatory hurdles for ioneer’s (ASX: INR) Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine in Nevada, a project that would…
Battery metals
Electra teams with Ontario First Nations investment firm on battery recycling
Electra Battery Materials (NASDAQ: ELBM; TSXV: ELBM) has launched the Aki Battery Recycling joint venture with Indigenous economic development firm Three Fires Group to find critical minerals in scrap. The…
Atlantic Lithium within ‘touching distance’ of building Ghana’s first lithium mine
Atlantic Lithium (AIM: ALL; ASX: A11) reported a $12.4 million loss for the year ending June 2024, up slightly from the previous year’s loss of $11.5 million, as the company…
Canada Nickel may net US$500M Ottawa loan for giant Crawford project
Canada Nickel (TSXV: CNC; US-OTC: CNIKF) says a Canadian government agency might loan it US$500 million for its Crawford project in northern Ontario, which could become the world’s largest nickel-cobalt…
Sovereign Metals touts ‘outstanding’ battery-grade graphite from Malawi project
Sovereign Metals (ASX: SVM; LSE: SVML) has reached a major milestone by confirming the battery-quality of graphite concentrate to be processed from its Kasiya project in Malawi. The Australian company…
Editorial: Mining-powered rockets vs dockets
As we look in the waning days of summer to the United States’ Southwest in this edition, it strikes us that there’s been a staggering number of days that only…
GM delays $330M Thacker Pass funding in latest sign of lithium slowdown
General Motors (NYSE: GM) has postponed a $330-million investment in Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC), pushing the second tranche of their $650-million deal, announced in early 2023, to the…
Latest permit for Hudbay project in Arizona paves way for major U.S. copper boost
Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) now has in hand the second-last permit it needs to start construction at its 85,000-tonne-per year Copper World project in Arizona. The permit granted…
Chile shortlists six potential partners for Altoandinos lithium project
Enami aims to formalize a public-private partnership by March 2025.
CHARTS: Battery metals slump slashes average EV materials bill
There has been a steady drumbeat of reports this year that the electric car market, particularly outside China, is taking an offramp. While sales growth has certainly slowed down from…
Canada imposes tariffs on Chinese EVs, steel to boost mining sector
Canada on Monday introduced weighty tariffs on steel, aluminum and electric vehicle (EV) imports from China in a move the government said will protect the mining sector and domestic jobs…
Lithium Argentina shares rise as Ganfeng takes project stake
Lithium Argentina (TSX: LAAC; NYSE: LAAC) has completed the sale of a 14.9% stake in its Pastos Grandes lithium project in Salta province to China’s Ganfeng Lithium. The deal, which saw Ganfeng…