Canada, France boost critical minerals cooperation
The governments of Canada and France have agreed to work on deepening their bilateral cooperation on critical minerals, the group of key metals and minerals necessary for the world to…
Battery metals
Codelco in talks with Australia’s Lithium Power on potential deal
Australia’s Lithium Power International (ASX: LPI) confirmed Thursday it was in talks with Chilean state-owned copper miner Codelco about a potential deal to jointly mine for the battery metal in…
Stellantis invests US$90M in Argentina lithium explorer for nearly 20% stake
Stellantis, the automaker behind Chrysler and Alfa Romeo among others, is buying almost a fifth of Argentina Lithium & Energy (TSX-V: LIT; US-OTC: PNXLF) for US$90 million. The deal with…
Ford halts work on US$3.5B EV battery plant with CATL
Ford has pressed the pause button on its US$3.5 billion battery plant in Michigan, only seven months after launching the project with China’s CATL. The decision comes as the U.S’s…
Climate targets threatened by lack of mining investment: McKinsey
Soaring demand for metals and minerals needed to achieve a 45% reduction in global emissions by 2030, paired with low commodity prices driving investors and mining firms to cut spending…
Sumitomo Metal invests $16.9M in Canada’s Nano One
Sumitomo Metal Mining is investing $16.9 million in Vancouver-based Nano One Material (TSX: NANO) as part of the Japanese giant’s efforts to find sustainable methods for producing lithium-ion batteries. The…
Navigating the deep: The Metals Company eyes late 2025 ocean mining start
In the dark waters of the abyssal plain between Mexico and Hawaii lies the expansive Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ), where Canadian outfit The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC) plans to pioneer…
Sigma Lithium’s Ana Cabral is our Mining Person of the Year
Sigma Lithium‘s (TSXV: SGML; NASDAQ: SGML) advance from IPO in 2018 to first production at its Grota do Cirilo mine in Brazil this year has been impressive — as reflected…
Kodal Minerals lithium project in Mali unfazed by new law
Kodal Minerals (LSE: KOD) said on Friday it is moving its Bougouni lithium project in Mali into the next development phase as won’t be affected by new legislation that entitles…
Sigma Lithium inks supply deal with Glencore
Sigma Lithium (TSXV: SGML; NASDAQ: SGML) announced on Thursday it has prepared 22,500 tonnes of lithium concentrate that will be shipped to Glencore as part of a collaboration to build…
Great Southern Copper expands into lithium in Chile
Great Southern Copper (LSE: GSCU) announced on Wednesday it had secured the Monti lithium project in Chile’s Salar de Atacama salt flat for US$2.26 million ($3 million). The U.K.-based mineral…
Savannah Resources denies reports of Barroso project, company sale
Savannah Resources (AIM: SAV) denied on Monday reports indicating it had kicked off a sale process for its Barroso project in Portugal, slated to be western Europe’s largest lithium mine,…