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…
Battery metals
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…
Alberta backs E3 Lithium with $5M for demo plant
E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETL; US-OTC: EEMMF) is getting $5 million from the Alberta government to support its lithium brine demonstration facility as it vies to become the oil-producing province’s first producer of…
European Energy Metals expands lithium search in Finland
European Energy Metals (TSXV: FIN) says it’s applied for five new exploration licences (ELs) that would significantly boosts its land holding next to Sibanye-Stillwater‘s (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW) Keliber project…
Chile-focused CleanTech Lithium heads for Australian listing
Chile-focused explorer and developer CleanTech Lithium (AIM: CTL) said on Tuesday its plans to list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) next month, targeting to raise up to A$20 million…
Australia’s fledgling batteries downstream sector grapples with too-high costs
Australia’s efforts to establish a downstream lithium sector to match its status as the world’s top lithium miner were dealt another blow in late July, when Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) suspended…
Video: Surge Battery Metals closes in on PEA for Nevada lithium project
Surge Battery Metals (TSXV: NILI, OTC: NILIF) remains optimistic about the economic viability of its Nevada North lithium project, even as lithium prices sag, chairman Graham Harris said in an…