Articles On Metals Australia (ASX:MLS)

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Market Highlights and 5 ASX Small Caps to watch on Thursday

A mixed bag for US stocks US stocks struggled for direction in overnight trade, as the S&P500 closed flat while the Nasdaq fell by more than 1% — dragged lower by a 35% slump for Netflix following its lacklustre trading update. So far...

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High Voltage: Rivian’s CEO reckons we’re only seeing the beginning of the battery metals shortage

Statevolt plans battery metals plant in US, signs lithium supply deal with Controlled Thermal Resources WA’s Curtin University gets $50m Trailblazer funding for resources technology and critical minerals hub Weekly ASX battery metal st...

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Eye on Lithium: Nissan aims for all-solid-state batteries by 2028, and it looks like Tesla is hiring ‘geos’

Nissan is planning a all-solid-state battery pilot plant by 2024 Impact Minerals finds first lithium at WA project Lepidico hires chemicals industry executive to head its U.A.E operations   All your ASX lithium news for Tuesday, April 19....

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Eye on Lithium: Soaring lithium prices to bite EV makers where it hurts

Morgan Stanley says EV demand destruction is likely as lithium soars  China’s largest battery recycling company looks to Europe LRS raises $35mn to expedite its lithium business in Brazil    American multinational investment bank, Morgan...

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Eye on Lithium: Is the Chinese lithium rally finally losing momentum?

EV production has been hamstrung in China as the countries COVID lockdowns continue Scorpion raises $3m to explore Pharos lithium project in WA Wiluna flags ‘bonanza’ grade lithium at its namesake project  All your ASX lithium news for...

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Closing Bell: Small caps go full Maximus, unleash gains in face of rising broad-based fears

Okay, who poked the S&P/ASX Emerging Companies index (XEC) this morning? Someone woke the sleeping Spinosaurus – the largest carnivorous dinosaur on this planet – that lies at the heart of our beloved small cap thermometer. It started r...

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High Voltage: Macquarie says ‘valuation upside remains’ for ASX lithium, rare earths miners

Are high fuel prices accelerating the EV transition? Macquarie says ‘valuation upside remains for all covered ASX lithium and rare earths stocks’ Biggest ASX movers this week: Krakatoa Resources, Ragnar Metals, GME Resources, Jindalee Reso...

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Eye on Lithium: Ganfeng encourages US EV makers to take stake in its Mexican project to secure supply

Ganfeng says its open to selling a stake in its Mexican project to EV makers Jindalee is demerging its Aussie assets to focus on the McDermitt lithium project in the US Sipa is planning to follow up  priority areas identified at the Warral...

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Eye on Lithium: Elon Musk says Tesla might have to get into mining because of ‘insane’ lithium prices

Musk says Tesla might have to become a lithium miner Lake Resources signs offtake deal with Ford Forrestania flags pegmatite outcrop at WA project   All your ASX lithium news for Monday, April 11.   Elon Musk has tweeted that Tesla might...

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MLS, VUL, LYC: Look at top performing ASX lithium stocks in March

Highlights Many lithium companies provided strong returns in March. This was mainly because of the high demand of lithium for battery material. Companies like The Metals Australia made their shareholders double their investment in Mar...

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Eye on Lithium: EV sales in Australia just had their best month ever and most of them were Teslas

Tesla sold 3,097 EVs in Australia in March and 4,417 total in Quarter 1. Pepinnini signs MoU with lithium extraction company Sunresin New Materials Kula Gold kicks off EM surveys at its Brunswick nickel-PGE-lithium Project in WA All your...

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Closing Bell: When doves cry, bears listen and small caps pay

The ASX200 has taken a 0.5% hit on Wednesday, with the tech sector giving back all the previous session’s gains after Wall Street fell and the tech-laden Nasdaq Composite lost 2.3% overnight. The overnight session was dominated by comments...

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Eye on Lithium: Carbonate price rally slows in March, hydroxide maintains momentum

Benchmark’s lithium price index was up 20.3% month-on-month for March Latin has picked up a 50-hectare lithium tenement just east of  Brazilian project Askari identifies pegmatites in a previously unexplored area of its Barrow Creek projec...

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Who made the gains? Here are the top 50 ASX miners and explorers for March

In March, we saw punter sentiment bounce back in a big way, with 16 resources stocks making gains of 100% and above. That’s the best return since September last year, when investor excitement over mushrooming commodity prices – particularly...

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High Voltage: Canada flags $2b investment into production and processing of critical minerals

Canada is slated to invest $2b in nickel, lithium, cobalt, and magnesium Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is due to release its budget on Thursday Weekly ASX battery metal standouts include Golden Deeps, Latin Resources and R...

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Eye on Lithium: BNEF forecasts $14bn needed to finance lithium refining capacity by 2025

BloombergNEF says $14 billion is needed to finance lithium refining by 2025 Mt Monger flags potentially lithium-bearing pegmatites at Albion project in WA Riversgold confirms lithium at the Bengal prospect of its Tambourah project   All y...

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March Winners: 17 ASX small caps surged by 100% or more; 16 of them were resources stocks

March 2022 started off with the jitters. For the composite microcap ASX Emerging Companies index, February’s 1.9% dip followed on from a 7.7% slump in January. The first US rate hike since 2018 was on the cards. And if that wasn’t enough, V...

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Eye on Lithium: Lithium-ion batteries could cost less, last a lot longer with new break-though nanotech

University of QLD nanotech could increase lifespan of lithium-ion batteries Sayona says lithium from its ‘Authier’ project in Québec performed well in battery test work Dreadnought intersects several thick pegmatites at its Illaara Project...

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Closing Bell: The property boom is over, long live the lithium boom!

ASX Emerging Companies (XEC) Index is about 0.3% higher ahead of the close on Friday Iron ore maintains US$150, AUD falls back under 75 cents Major movers today: RiversGold (ASX:RGL), Latin Resources (ASX:LRS)   The ASX200 looks like clos...

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Eye on Lithium: Biden looks to invoke Defence Production Act to boost flaccid US lithium production

The White House considers invoking Act to boost domestic supply Bulletin flags more high-grade lithium rock chips at its Ravensthorpe project Qx Resources picks up Yule River lithium project in the Pilbara  All your ASX lithium news for T...

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Eye on Lithium: India and Australia team up for lithium and cobalt exploration

India teams up to explore for lithium and cobalt in Australia Latin Resources finds high-grade lithium peaking at 3.23% in Brazil Thor Mining kicks off exploration at its Ragged Range project in WA All your ASX lithium news for Wednesday...

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Eye on Lithium: Mining the ‘limiting factor’ for electric vehicle production

Raw materials comprise around 80% of the cost of electric vehicles Lake flags non-binding MoU with Hanwa Co to negotiate for up to 25,000tpa offtake Ioneer’s USA subsidiary completes MoU with NexTech Batteries for Rhyolite ridge oftake A...

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Eye on Lithium: Future lithium supply to be dominated by Aussie, US spodumene and Latin American brines, Macquarie says

Macquarie: Direct lithium injection (DLE) tech is in spotlight but spodumene and brines will continue to dominate supply Wildcat identifies 4km by 2km lithium soil anomaly at Bolt Cutter project Firefinch satisfies all conditions preceden...

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Gold Digger: Stagflation to push gold through $US2,200 later this year, expert says

Gold price to hit $US2,200 as stagflation fears take hold U.S. and allies officially prohibit all transactions with Russia involving gold, one of its financial lifelines. Will it work? Gold price rebounds over past week to $US1,960/oz Our...

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Eye on Lithium: Used EVs are selling above their retail price, says Lloyds Auctions

Used Teslas are selling above retail price in Australia Mt Monger eyes more lithium ground near Mt Cattlin in WA Marquee gears up for drilling up the road from Albemarle in Nevada   All your ASX lithium news for Friday, March 25.   Lloyds...

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Eye on Lithium: Elon Musk opens Tesla’s new Giga Berlin factory

Tesla opens German Giga factory in Berlin, expects to churn out 500k cars pa BOA tests a lithium anomaly at the Bald Hill project in WA Galan finds pathfinder elements at Greenbushes South JV   All your ASX lithium news for Thursday, Marc...

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Closing Bell: Shazam for coughing and THIS is how the small cap index surfs the chop – up 10% in a month

ASX Emerging Companies (XEC) index has closed 1.5% on Tuesday Index now over 10% the better since February 22 Tuesday winners: ResApp (ASX:RAP), RiversGold (ASX:RGL)    The ASX Emerging Companies (XEC) index is 1.5% higher in late trade....

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Eye on Lithium: ‘Rein in soaring lithium prices,’ China tells electric vehicle industry

China summons industry players to discuss rising lithium costs Riversgold finds rock chips grading up to 2% lithium at the ‘Tambourah’ project MTM wraps up acquisition of three new projects in the Ravensthorpe district  All your ASX lithi...

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Eye on Lithium: Will the Russia nickel crisis spark an EV demand-pivot to lithium ferro-phosphate?

EV battery makers look for alternative cathodes since nickel prices unlikely to return to pre-Russian invasion levels Forrestania defines 20 new targets at namesake lithium project and that’s just the initial ones Bulletin finds more spodu...

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Metals Australia (ASX:MLS) drilling hits lithium-bearing pegmatites at Manindi

Metals Australia (MLS) drilling hits thick intersections of lithium-bearing pegmatites at its Manindi project in Western Australia The reverse circulation drilling program is testing lithium-caesium-tantalum pegmatites identified by recent...

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Market Highlights and 5 ASX Small Caps to watch on Monday

ASX to rise as Wall Street rallies ASX is set to open 0.6% higher today, extending its 3% gain from last week despite the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the Covid situation in China. On Wall Street, US stocks finished the week much higher...

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Eye on Lithium: Chinese giant Ganfeng reports massive 408% annual profit increase

Jindalee hits huge intersects at the McDermitt’ project in the US ARN completes Niobe drilling, eyes mineral resource estimate Tambourah ready to kick off exporatuin at Russian Jack in the Pilbara  All your ASX lithium news for Thursday,...

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Eye on Lithium: Battery makers tempted by alternative battery chemistries as lithium-ion costs rise

LRS hits more thick, shallow dipping spodumene bearing pegmatites at Brazillian project Accelerate kicks off sampling at Pilbara lithium projects AZL signs MoU to buy electric trucks from Nasdaq-listed battery EV producer Nikola All your...

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High Voltage: Are sky-high fuel prices pushing up demand for electric vehicles?

Anecdotal evidence suggests EVs more popular as fuel prices soar Weekly ASX battery metal standouts include St George, Riversgold, Ragusa and Moho  Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving ASX stocks with exposure to lithium, co...

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Closing Bell: Commodity crash leaves local index without a leg to stand on

The recent super-toppy prices of Australia’s major commodity exports took a rare backward step today as analysts began to count the cost of China’s latest no-Covid lockdowns. The mega-miners and most of the energy names dragged heavily on T...

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Eye on Lithium: Major miner Albemarle faces $4bn fine for environmental breaches

Infinity hires Spanish CEO for Extremadura New Energies GSM finds lithium pegmatite pathfinders at its Mallina Basin project CRR invests C$1 Million in Canadian battery tech player Volt Carbon Technologies  All your ASX lithium news for T...

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Eye on Lithium: There could be competition for Chile’s lithium-rich salt flats from breeding flamingos

Neometals JV partner discusses 2,500 tpa lithium-ion battery recycling plant with Mercedes-Benz Ragusa branches into lithium with 3 tenement applications in the NT MinRes takes a 5% stake in fast rising explorer Global Lithium  All your...

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Gold Digger: ASX stocks perform strongly in a volatile week for gold

War gossip/news remains the main driver of gold prices. The precious metal is having one of those volatile weeks where unless they timed their entry and exit perfectly, investors probably had a tough time whether long or short, says OANDA s...

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Eye on Lithium: Don’t forget — spot and contract prices for lithium, nickel are two very different things

Riversgold has its eye on four lithium assets in the Pilbara White Cliff farms-out nickel and cobalt projects to focus on gold, lithium, and rare earths Piedmont releases Preliminary Economic Assessment on expanding to 60,000t per year of...

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Eye on Lithium: Things could get more challenging on the supply side as Chile looks to nationalise lithium resources

CXO’s Carlton deposit could shore up Finniss mine life Argosy says its Rincon development is well underway AS2 granted Barrow Creek exploration licence  All your ASX lithium news for Wednesday, March 9.   It looks like Chile is one step c...

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High Voltage: GameStop has nothing on this nickel market #shortsqueeze

London Metals Exchange stops nickel trading after price hits $US100,000/t Weekly ASX battery metal standouts include Metals Australia, Cobalt Blue and Impact Minerals  Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving ASX stocks with exp...

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Eye on Lithium: Tesla and Volkswagen race for electric vehicle dominance in Germany

Impact Minerals identifies battery and strategic metals targets at Jumbo JV Sipa Resources wraps up AC drilling at Skelton Rocks project in WA Calidus Resources JV partner maps pegmatite with strike length of 1km+ in WA  All your ASX lith...

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Closing Bell: ASX gets a trim, XEC goes the full Monday Mullet

Looking the goods ahead of the open, the ASX has been given a hideous Monday haircut, down about 1%, after the White House floated a thought bubble on slapping Russia with an oil embargo. Offshore markets have now overcome their initial pan...

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Eye on Lithium: China’s looking to lock in supplies

Xantippe Resources exercises option to acquire Carolina Lithium Flynn Gold granted seven gold-lithium licences in Western Australia Mineralogical test work returns positive results for Arcadia Minerals All your ASX lithium news for Monday...

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Metals Australia (ASX:MLS) raises $7.8m for exploration and drilling

Metals Australia (MLS) completes a heavily over-subscribed placement and raises $7.8 million A total of 100 million fully-paid ordinary shares were issued to professional and sophisticated investors at 7.8 cents Additionally, participants...

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Gold Digger: ‘Oversold’ ASX Gold index soars 19% in a month

A good week for gold, which is up 1.04% to ~$US1,940/oz at time of writing. History shows us war doesn’t usually trigger an extended rally, but news flow – or lack thereof – coming out of Ukraine continues to be the biggest influence on the...

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Eye on Lithium: Lithium prices hit another record, show no sign of slowing down

Piedmont welcomes JV partner Sayona’s doubled resource base in Quebec Eastern Metals nabs the Neutral Junction project in the NT Viking picks up gold and lithium tenure in WA  All your ASX lithium news for Friday, March 4.   Lithium carb...

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Closing Bell: It’s been a crazy good day on the small cap index, but beware madness sans method

The ASX Emerging Companies index (XEC) is up more than 1.5% on Thursday, while the benchmark ASX 200 is higher as well. Local investors are totally unconcerned by weak US futures when commodity prices behave like incensed lemmings. The alre...

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Eye on Lithium: Direct lithium extraction technology picking up steam, Lodestar eyes 2km anomaly in WA

Lodestar eyes confirmation of 2km-long soil anomaly at ‘Coolgardie West’ project in WA Ausmon expands into lithium space, applies for 2 WA tenements LRS continues to find thick, shallow pegmatites at its Salinas project in Brazil  All you...

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Who made the gains? Here are the top 50 resources winners for February

There were 0 producers in January’s Top 50 ASX resources stocks. In February there were 12, plus a handful looking to join their ranks by the end of the year. Why? Maybe reporting season underlined just how much money miners are making from...

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