Rio Tinto acquires high-grade scandium project in Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia – Rio Tinto has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the Platina Scandium Project, a high-grade scandium
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Nationalization plan hammers lithium miners
Chile, with twice the known lithium reserves of any other country, will nationalize its lithium industry. Lithium is increasingly following
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Sigma Lithium nears full production
Sigma Lithium has commissioned the dense medium separation module of its production plant one month ahead of schedule and within
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Lilac Solutions announces ion exchange milestone at lithium project
Lilac Solutions announced today that it successfully produced 2,500 kg of lithium carbonate equivalents (LCEs) using its proprietary ion exchange
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Glencore, FCC, Iberdrola to provide lithium-ion battery solutions
Glencore, FCC Ámbito and Iberdrola are pleased to announce their intention to partner to provide lithium-ion battery recycling solutions at
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Northvolt selects Canada for its new lithium-ion battery gigafactory
Swedish lithium-ion battery manufacturer Northvolt today announced that it will establish a fully integrated lithium-ion battery gigafactory near Montreal, Quebec.
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Patriot BM: Incredible demand coming down the pipeline for lithium
Patriot Battery Metals has been a darling of the resource space hitting a 52-week high of $17.69 in February. Patriot
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Albemarle invests $1.3B in new lithium hydroxide facility
Lithium producer Albemarle has announced plans to locate its previously announced lithium hydroxide Mega-Flex facility in Chester County, South Carolina.
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Hydro strengthens position in battery metals through Lithium de France
Hydro acquires a 12 percent stake in Lithium de France, marking a strategic expansion in sustainable battery materials for Hydro
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Sibanye Stillwater reports on its battery metals operations
For the 11 months since acquisition on 4 February 2022, the Sandouville nickel refinery produced 4,839 tonnes of nickel metal,
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Lynas secures A$200M for rare earth materials projects
Rare earths producer Lynas has announced the signing of new agreements with Japan Australia Rare Earths B.V. (“JARE”), pursuant to
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Li-Cycle to get $375M loan from the US Department of Energy
Li-Cycle has announced that the company and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office, through its Advanced Technology
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Sibanye-Stillwater declares Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves
Johannesburg – Sibanye-Stillwater has established a diversified portfolio of assets across five continents, with substantial Mineral Resources underpinning long life
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Sigma Lithium initiates commissioning of DMS plant in Brazil
Sigma Lithium has announced initiation of commissioning of its dense medium separation (DMS) module of the Greentech production plant at
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Kodal gets $118m for development of lithium project in Mali
Kodal Minerals has announced that it has agreed a conditional funding package of US$117.75 million which will provide full financing
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RecycLiCo delivers LiCO3 and LiOH to battery manufacturers
RecycLiCo., a battery materials company focused on the development of novel lithium-ion battery recycling and upcycling technologies, has announced that
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Sodium-ion batteries: A lower-cost alternative to Li-ion batteries
Raw materials play a key part not only in the performance of the batteries but also in costs. Taking LFP
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Rincon lithium project produces battery quality lithium carbonate
The Rincon lithium project run by Argosy Minerals in Argentina has announced that it has produced battery quality 99.76% lithium
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Terrafame nickel producer to begin uranium recovery in 2024
Finnish mining and metals group Terrafame has announced that it has decided to start recovering natural uranium by the summer
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RecycLiCo Battery Materials Reviews 2022 Highlights
RecycLiCo, formerly American Manganese Inc., a battery materials company focused on the development of novel lithium-ion battery recycling and upcycling
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ZIJIN: Brine evaporation has begun at its lithium project in Argentina
Chinese mining group Zijin Mining reported today that on November 26, the construction of the small pre-concentration pond at the
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Lithium Tonopah project increases indicated LCE resources 129%
American Lithium has announced an updated mineral resource estimate (MRE) that significantly increases the contained lithium resources for the Tonopah
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Sayona’s Quebec Lithium operation progresses rapidly towards restart
Emerging lithium producer Sayona Mining has further progressed the restart of production at its North American Lithium (NAL) operation in
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Kenmare cuts 2022 production guidance for ilmenite and rutile in Mozambique
Kenmare Resources, a leading global producer of titanium minerals and zircon, has announced that its heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) production
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Lithium giant SQM boosts net income 937% in Q3
Chilean mining company Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (SQM), a major lithium producer, has reported net income of US$1,099.9
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Rio Tinto starts demonstration plant for lithium concentration
SOREL-TRACY, Quebec – Rio Tinto has started producing spodumene concentrate, a mineral used in the production of lithium for batteries,
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Sibanye-Stillwater increases its effective shareholding in Keliber to 84.96%
Johannesburg – Sibanye-Stillwater confirms that it has increased its shareholding in Keliber Lithium project to an effective 84.96% through a
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NioCorp’s rare earth demonstration plant is now operational
NioCorp Developments has said that its demonstration-scale processing plant in Quebec, Canada is now processing ore samples from the company’s
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Piedmont picks Tennessee for its $600M lithium hydroxide project
Piedmont Lithium has announced the selection of Etowah, Tennessee in McMinn County as the location of the company’s planned 30,000
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Toyota to invest $5.6 billion in Japan and US battery production
Toyota is stepping up its game in terms of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) to significantly increase the volume in the coming
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