1+ hour, 58+ min ago  (269+ words) RIO Tinto expects its lithium business to outpace all other divisions as the mining giant works to triple output by 2028 to meet rising demand from electric vehicle and battery storage markets. J'r'me P'cresse, who heads Rio's aluminium and lithium unit,…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (234+ words) ZIMBABWE'S lithium miners have asked the government to delay a planned ban on concentrate exports by six months to June 2027, saying producers need more time to complete local processing facilities, Reuters reported on Friday. Africa's largest lithium producer is pressing…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (318+ words) CHINESE companies that transformed Indonesia into the world's dominant nickel producer are scouting African alternatives as rising policy pressure in Jakarta unsettles the investment model that reshaped global supply, reports Reuters. Tsingshan Group, the world's largest stainless steel producer, has…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (211+ words) LITHIUM prices have rebounded sharply after a three-year slump, with the CME lithium hydroxide contract up 86% since January and trading above $20, 000 per ton for the first time since late 2023. But analysts caution the recovery may be short-lived, said a Reuters…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (204+ words) CHINA'S Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt plans to establish a lithium carbonate processing plant in Zimbabwe, said Bloomberg News citing the country's mines minister. The proposed investment marks a step forward in the government's push for greater in-country beneficiation of battery materials,…...

3+ week, 17+ min ago  (250+ words) ZAMBIA has extended a suspension of its 10% copper concentrate export duty to 30 September, giving miners more time to clear stockpiles of unprocessed material while major smelters undergo extended maintenance, said Reuters. The waiver, first introduced in August 2025, covers 271, 742 tons of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (192+ words) NEXTSOURCE Materials, a graphite development firm in Madagascar, is to press on with the development of downstream processing facilities in Abu Dhabi. The Toronto-listed firm said on Wednesday it had approved the first phase of a Battery Anode Factory in…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (245+ words) ZIMBABWE has awarded export quotas for lithium concentrates to two Chinese mining companies, said Reuters citing state media reported on Monday. The awards come two months after the country suspended exports of the battery material. Chengxin Lithium and Sinomine Resource,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (194+ words) ZIMBABWE will impose export quotas on lithium concentrates and require producers to commit to local processing facilities before it lifts a suspension on unprocessed mineral exports, the mines ministry has told the country's mining chamber. Reuters reported that Africa's largest…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (231+ words) CONTEMPORARY Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), the world's leading electric-vehicle battery manufacturer, has appointed Chen Jinghe, founder and former chairman of Zijin Mining Group, as an advisor to its mining division, said Bloomberg News citing people familiar with the matter....