Lithium Top Stories

Lithium Americas secures $250M investment to advance Thacker Pass

Thacker Pass is home to the largest known measured and indicated lithium resource in North America.

Staff Writer | March 6, 2025 | 8:46 am

Rio Tinto to invest $2.5 billion to expand Rincon lithium project

Rincon is the company's first commercial-scale lithium operation.

Bruno Venditti | December 12, 2024 | 8:05 am

JV Article: SLB launches ‘well-to-product’ lithium production service

SLB, a global energy technology company, is advancing sustainable energy…

Northern Miner Staff | December 9, 2024 | 8:27 am

How resource ‘classification debt’ chips away at miners’ growth and investor trust

Over the past decade, resource misclassification has saddled the mining…

Henry Lazenby | October 18, 2024 | 2:00 pm

Quebec snapshot: Eight companies seeking gold, base metals, lithium and more

Quebec has a rich mining history and prospective geology for…

Jax Jacobsen | September 27, 2024 | 11:51 am

Zinc joins the battery race in the US

US battery maker Urban Electric Power is set to supply an initial 4,550 MWh of its rechargeable zinc alkaline batteries over the […]

Staff Writer | May 17, 2022 | 5:05 am

Electric cars to account for over 80% of battery demand in next 20 years despite current challenges – report

Electric cars are expected to account for 79% of the EV market revenues and 83% of battery demand in the next two […]

Staff Writer | May 15, 2022 | 7:51 am

Int’l Battery Metal’s mobile lithium extraction plant running soon

International Battery Metals (CSE: IBAT; OTC: IBATF) has successfully completed the systems and safety testing for what would be the world’s first […]

Jackson Chen | May 11, 2022 | 11:12 am

More women join Chile’s mining sector – report

The number of women working in Chile’s mining sector grew by 40% in the past 12 months, according to a new report […]

Staff Writer | May 8, 2022 | 10:59 am

Metal electrolysis could support more efficient, eco-friendly processes for producing battery metals

By mapping what is happening at the atomic level behind a particularly promising approach called metal electrolysis, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute […]

Staff Writer | May 8, 2022 | 6:42 am

Carbon nanotube battery market expected to grow in the next decade – report

The carbon nanotube (CNT) battery market is expected to exceed 70 kilo-tonnes per annum by 2032, far outstripping current capacity, which will […]

Staff Writer | May 6, 2022 | 6:06 am

Champlain’s first resource for Brazil Lake pegmatite in Nova Scotia

Champlain Mineral Ventures, a private exploration company based in Nova Scotia, has released an initial resource estimate for the 100% owned Brazil […]

Jackson Chen | May 5, 2022 | 11:41 am

Researchers find out what really drives Li-ion battery decay

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Purdue University, Virginia Tech, and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility have […]

Staff Writer | May 5, 2022 | 6:02 am

Organic lithium-ion batteries one step closer to becoming reality

A recent discovery by researchers at Japan’s Tohoku University and the University of California, Los Angeles has moved the needle one step […]

Staff Writer | May 3, 2022 | 5:05 am

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Lithium Americas secures $250M investment to advance Thacker Pass

Rio Tinto to invest $2.5 billion to expand Rincon lithium project

JV Article: SLB launches ‘well-to-product’ lithium production service

How resource ‘classification debt’ chips away at miners’ growth and investor trust

Quebec snapshot: Eight companies seeking gold, base metals, lithium and more

Zinc joins the battery race in the US

Electric cars to account for over 80% of battery demand in next 20 years despite current challenges – report

Int’l Battery Metal’s mobile lithium extraction plant running soon

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