Mick Davis launches US$300 million battery metals SPAC
Former Xstrata boss Mick Davis’ newly founded battery metals investment firm Vision Blue Resources is stepping up efforts to reach the goal of becoming a battery metals giant by launching…
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Europe lagging behind in battery metals production – report
According to Aperio Intelligence, Europe’s own supply is unlikely to meet the demand driven by the e-mobility sector by 2025.
Phase 2 of lithium-ion anode plant planned by Nouveau Monde
The front-end loading engineering (FEL-1) analysis for the second phase of Nouveau Monde Graphite’s (TSXV:NOU; OTCOX:NMGRF; FRANKFURT:NM9) lithium-ion anode project in Bécancour, Que., is complete. The study concludes that the…
Feds announce $7.1M for new wind turbines at Raglan mine
As part of its climate efforts, the federal government is providing $7.1 million to Tugliq Energy to help fund the installation of two more wind turbines at Glencore‘s remote Raglan…
Matthew Fenton and Maggie Layman named Young Mining Professionals of the Year
The winners of the Young Mining Professionals (YMP) awards this year are Maggie Layman of Osisko Development (TSXV: ODV) and Matthew Fenton of privately held Magris Resources. The YMP awards,…
Mason Graphite updates Lac Guéret battery test results
Junior Mason Graphite (TSXV: LLG) has provided an update on testing of lithium-ion prototype battery cells made with graphite sourced from its Lac Guéret deposit, 660 km north of Montreal….
Battery metals are critical over the next decade, Roskill says
The growing adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is driving the increasing demand for lithium, nickel and cobalt – critical metals used as cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries in the automotive,…
Former Xstrata boss creates Vision Blue Resources and invests in NextSource Materials
Sir Mick Davis built Xstrata into one of the largest mining companies in the world before it was acquired by Glencore in 2013 and has raised more than US$40 billion…
American Lithium to acquire Plateau Energy Metals amid EV boom
At a time of rapidly growing lithium demand backed by an increasing focus on electric vehicles, energy storage and renewable energy generation, American Lithium (TSXV: LI; US-OTC: LIACF) has entered…
Interview: Clean TeQ’s Sunrise battery materials complex in Australia is construction ready
Clean TeQ’s (ASX: CLQ; US-OTC: CTEQF) Sunrise project in New South Wales, Australia, is one of the largest nickel/cobalt deposits in the world and one of the largest and highest…
US Geological Survey reports 2020 mine production in the US
Mines in the United States produced about US$82.3 billion in minerals in 2020, according to figures from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Mineral Commodity Summaries report. The figure was about US$1.5…
Lithium Americas advances Thacker Pass project in Nevada
Vancouver-based junior Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) received final approval from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for the company’s Thacker Pass lithium mine project in northwestern Nevada on Jan….