Syrah Resources chief executive Shaun Verner has praised the US and Australian governments for supporting the ASX-listed firm’s plans to develop the world’s largest fully integrated graphite operation outside of China. Last month, the US Department of Energy announced it would provide Syrah with a US$107...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has described battery production – specifically lithium – as the ‘fundamental limiting factor’ for electric vehicle (EV) adoption worldwide, in a public appeal for greater investment in battery metals mining. Speaking on an earnings call with investors yesterday, Musk highlighted the growing...
TSX-listed Talon Metals has expanded its exploration campaign at the Tamarack nickel-copper-cobalt project in the US state of Minnesota, bringing in three extra drill rigs to the site. The company currently holds a 51% interest in Tamarack, which is the only high-grade development stage nickel project...
TSX-listed base metals company Talon Metals has unveiled a fresh array of assay results from its Tamarack nickel project in the US state of Minnesota, with one intercept returning 5.96% nickel equivalent for 15.09 metres. The new drill results from the CGO West area outside the...
TSXV-listed Northern Graphite is set to become the third largest natural graphite producer outside of China after agreeing deals to acquire two producers for a combined cost of US$55 million. The company is purchasing the Lac des Iles mine and mill in Québec and all the...
BHP and its power supplier in the Western Australian Goldfields are to build two solar farms and a battery storage system to power the Mt Keith and Leinster operations at Nickel West with clean energy. The Northern Goldfields Solar Project will include a 27.4MW solar farm...
BHP has announced a strategic partnership with Tesla that will see it supply the electric vehicle (EV) maker with nickel from its Western Australia (WA) operations. The world’s largest mining company said the product Tesla will receive from its Nickel West asset in WA will be...
ASX-listed Piedmont Lithium has reported a 40% increase in the total mineral resource at its flagship spodumene project in the US state of North Carolina. The Piedmont Lithium Project now has a total mineral resource estimate of 39.2 million tonnes at 1.09% lithium oxide, for an...
American Lithium Corp has been classified as the best performing listed mining company on the TSXV, upon the release of the 2021 TSX Venture 50. The TSX Venture 50 is an annual ranking of the top performing companies on Toronto’s junior market, drawn from five sectors:...
UK miner Kabanga Nickel has signed a framework agreement with the government of Tanzania to develop the world’s largest battery-grade nickel sulphide deposit in the country’s Northwest. The two parties have created a joint venture company called Tembo Nickel Corp, with Kabanga assuming a leading 84%...