Spotlight: Global Battery Metals 1
With structural market deficits projected to grow for most battery metals over the next decade, companies are scrambling to find and build more supply. Here are four companies with significant…
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Canada’s critical minerals push faces capital gap: RBC
Canada has channelled just 11% of its mining capital into critical minerals over the past 25 years, leaving the country behind global peers as demand for strategic resources accelerates, a…
Q2 drills best lithium interval at Cisco as PEA nears
Drilling by Q2 Metals (TSXV: QTWO; US-OTC: QUEXF) at its Cisco project in north-central Quebec has returned several high-grade results – including the strongest interval encountered yet on the property…
Update gives Century Lithium’s Angel Island $4B value
An updated feasibility study for Century Lithium’s (TSXV: LCE; US-OTC: CYDVF) Angel Island claystone project in Nevada significantly improves its economics over a previous study and positions it near the…
Lithium Americas targets $1.6B for Thacker Pass build
Lithium Americas (TSX, NYSE: LAC) says it is targeting a capital spend of between $1.3 billion and $1.6 billion for Stage 1 of its Thacker Pass project in Nevada this…
Rio gains control of Nemaska, eyes $300M investment
Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE, NYSE: RIO) said it plans to invest more than $300 million (C$411 million) this year to expand its lithium business in Quebec after assuming control of Nemaska…
Podcast: Glencore-Rio Tinto merger challenged by complexity, ft Bloomberg Intelligence’s Olsha
This week’s episode features Alon Olsha, Senior Analyst for Metals & Mining at Bloomberg Intelligence, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli about the recent failed merger discussions between Rio Tinto…
CHART: EV battery metals index jumps to 27-month high
December’s raw materials bill for global electric vehicles topped $2 billion for the first time since August 2023 and surging lithium, nickel prices going into 2026 puts battery metals slump…
VRIC JV Video: Libra lines up first drill test at Stimson lithium prospect
Libra Energy Materials (CSE: LIBR; US-OTC: LIBRF) plans to drill its first hole this year at the Stimson lithium prospect in Ontario after building a 37-project portfolio during the sector…
Spotlight: Energy Transition Metals
Energy transition metals have never been as critical as they are today. Here’s a look at four companies seeking to reduce North America’s reliance on critical minerals from China by building domestic supply chains….
Australian lithium miners PLS, MinRes plot expansions, restarts after price triples
Australian hard rock lithium producers are gearing up to boost supply as spodumene prices have more than tripled since early December. On Friday, Australian major PLS Group (ASX: PLS) reported…
Mining industry rates Chile’s critical mineral plan
Industry responses to Chile’s new National Critical Minerals Strategy ranged from supportive to skeptical as officials shift the country’s traditional reliance on copper towards a broader mix of resources aligned with…