What happened to graphite’s ‘lithium moment’?
Graphite has failed to deliver on its lithium moment that some analysts (myself, included) believed would materialize in 2023. When I say, ‘lithium moment,’ I mean a repeat of the…
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Tata Group to build $6-billion gigafactory in the UK
Tata’s first gigafactory outside of India will supply locally-made batteries to the company’s its Jaguar Land Rover factories.
Graphite One stock jumps on US$37.5M grant from US government
Graphite One (TSXV: GPH; US-OTC: GPHOF) has been awarded a Department of Defense Technology Investment Agreement grant of US$37.5 million under the Defense Production Act, funded through the Inflation Reduction…
Rio Tinto grabs stake in graphite-focused Sovereign Metals
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) agreed on Monday to buy a 15% stake in Australia’s Sovereign Metals (LSE: SVML; ASX: SVM) for A$40.4 million (US$27.6 million), becoming a…
Appian ready to deploy US$2B in cash-starved mining sector, says CEO
About a decade ago, private equity (PE) funds began to take an interest in the mining sector. At the time, financing was hard to come by, and the growth of…
Northern Graphite’s Quebec processor to feed battery plants eager to skirt China
Northern Graphite (TSXV: NGC; US-OTC: NGPHF) plans to build a half-billion-dollar plant in Quebec processing battery materials from its own mining projects and others. The Ottawa-based company intends to buy a…
NextSource begins graphite production in Madagascar
Shares in NextSource Materials (TSX: NEXT) rose on Thursday after the company announced first production of graphite concentrate at its Molo mine in Madagascar. The Canada-based producer, which has patented…
Top Ten Australian juniors exploring in Canada
The following companies are the Top Ten Australian-headquartered juniors with a market capitalization of less than $1 billion, and have one or more active exploration projects in Canada, ranked according…
JV Article: Graphite tonnage gains spur Lomiko Metals along prefeasibility pathway
Battery material explorer and developer Lomiko Metals (TSXV: LMR; US-OTC: LMRMF) has posted a major increase in resources at its La Loutre natural flake graphite property in southern Quebec. The…
RANKED: The world’s longest-lived battery metals mines under construction
With growing demand for battery metals including nickel, lithium and graphite, The Northern Miner has teamed up with our data provider Mining Intelligence to rank the top battery metals projects…
Battery Metals Snapshot: Eight juniors on the hunt
Without adequate supplies of battery metals, the goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 cannot be reached. Here are eight companies who are on the hunt for the metals in…
What the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act means to miners
The EU published its proposed Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) on Mar. 16, with the ambitious goal of “establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical…