October 12, 2022

VIDEO: Deep-sea miner stock jumps after first seafloor collection since 1970s

Investors piled into The Metals Company on Wednesday after it said it completed its first collection run of battery metals from more than four kilometres below the surface of the…

October 12, 2022

Column: How do you accelerate energy transition when current crisis slams the brakes

If the answer to the energy crisis is a faster rollout of renewable alternatives to fossil fuels, then the problem is that the current situation is hindering the solution.

October 11, 2022

GM to take equity stake in Australian stage.mining.company

General Motors will invest up to $69 million and take an equity stake in Queensland Pacific Metals.

October 11, 2022

New environmentally friendly method to extract metals from Li-ion batteries launched in Canada

Toronto-based researchers are using supercritical fluid extraction to recover metals from end-of-life Li-ion batteries.

October 10, 2022

Stellantis, GME Resources seal nickel and cobalt deal for battery production

The deal marks a further move by the world's fourth largest carmaker to lock down supplies of metals needed for batteries that power EV cars.

October 9, 2022

US government includes Li-ion batteries in list of goods produced by child labor

The US Department of Labor included lithium-ion batteries among the 158 goods from 77 countries that the department believes are produced by child labor or forced labor.

October 6, 2022

First US cobalt mining operation to begin after more than 30-year hiatus

Jervois Global is starting the first US cobalt mine in Idaho on Friday, according to chief executive Bryce Crocker.

October 6, 2022

USGS, NASA to map southwestern United States for critical mineral potential

With $16 million in funding from the Biden administration, portions of California, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah will be mapped for critical mineral potential.

October 5, 2022

Surging coal, lithium prices can’t stem sell-off in top 50 mining stocks 

World’s 50 biggest stage.mining.companies have shed $627 billion since hitting highs in March this year even as investors pile into the best performing sectors.

October 5, 2022

Sibanye-Stillwater eyes Zambia’s Mopani Copper Mines

The precious metals miner has expanded into battery metals including lithium and nickel through a string of recent acquisitions.