battery-metals
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Report looks at recycling of battery metals to meet rising demand
A new report suggests that recycled metals could meet a significant part of the rising demand from electric vehicles (EVs), decreasing some of the need for new mine supply. The report, Reducing new mining for electric vehicle battery metals, was…
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Lara reports extensive vanadium mineralization at Itaituba project in Brazil
Lara Exploration (TSXV: LRA) reported that recent work at its Itaítuba property in Brazil has shown that the project not only contains vanadium-bearing magnetite bodies but its host gabbros also contain disseminated vanadium-bearing magnetite that can be concentrated to enrich…
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Mick Davis launches $300M battery metals SPAC
Former Xstrata boss Mick Davis’ newly founded battery metals investment firm Vision Blue Resources (VBR) is stepping up efforts to reach the goal of becoming a battery metals giant by launching a $300 million special-purpose acquisition company. ESM Acquisition Corp.…
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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 (LON: GLEN) remote Raglan nickel mine. The operation, in the Nunavik region…
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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. The cells, which contain coated spherical purified graphite made at…
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Nouveau Monde to start construction at Matawinie graphite project
Nouveau Monde Graphite plans to begin early construction works at its Matawinie graphite project in Quebec in the second quarter, after receiving a key authorization from the province. With the issue of an environmental decree from the Quebec government, the…
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MINING PEOPLE: Alamos, Aris Gold, Dundee Precious Metals, i-80 Gold, Pan American Silver
Management appointments announced this week include: John Fitzgerald has been named VP of projects with Alamos Gold. Aris Gold has a new board and management team in place. Management is led by CEO Neil Woodyer; Doug Bowlby is senior VP,…
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Robert Friedland opens Remote Roundup: ‘In our world, the geologists are the gods’
The Association for Mineral Exploration opened up its Remote Roundup – its first virtual conference in the event’s 38-year history – with special guest speakers that included a keynote talk from Robert Friedland, founder and executive co-chairman of Ivanhoe Mines.…
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Rio Tinto to open North America’s first scandium plant in June
Rio Tinto and the Quebec government have announced the development of the first scandium oxide plant in North America. The commercial-scale demonstration plant, which is already under construction, will cost about US$6 million ($9 million) and have the capacity to…
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First Cobalt inks feed agreements for refinery starting in 2022
First Cobalt has secured cobalt feed amounting to 90% of capacity for its First Cobalt Refinery in Ontario. The facility will be the only producer of cobalt sulphate for electric vehicle batteries in North America once the company completes a…
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Carbon and energy metrics hot commodities in evolving ESG space
Mark Fellows and Charles Cooper first had the idea to shift their mineral economics consultancy business, Skarn Associates, toward an energy and carbon focus in 2018. But it turns out they were just a little too far ahead of the…
