Articles On Metals Australia (ASX:MLS)

PGM demand will remain strong until about 2025, when it will start to fall off a cliff: Metals Focus Why 2025? Because that’s when electrification of transport really kicks up a gear However, Bridge Street Capital analyst Chris Baker belie...

Pilbara Minerals hits new record at its latest Battery Material Exchange auction Lithium Energy kicks off maiden drill program at Solaroz brine project in Argentina Alchemy Resources flags assays from infill soil sampling at Karonie projec...

We need to spend up to $3 trillion by 2040 to build solid lithium supply chain: Benchmark Ragusa Minerals picks up another lithium exploration tenement in the NT Lord Resources has been granted Horse Rocks lithium project near Kalgoorlie...

Prices for lithium carbonate hit around US$71,315 on Friday Gold Mountain Mining picks up four Brazilian lithium projects Lake Resources says don’t worry the direct lithium extraction (DLE) tech will be successful   All your ASX lithium n...

Xinyu Ganfeng Electronics Co. is upping the prices for batteries in consumer electronics Global Lithium Resources flags 5.76% Li2O grade and recovery rate of 85% from test work at Marble Bar project Sayona says North American Lithium proje...

The outlook for ASX graphite stocks is very positive. While graphite consumption has historically been driven by the steel market, rapid growth in EV production is expected to drive a big uptick in demand and pricing over the next few years...

SFA (Oxford) analysts say lithium prices will reach a floor in 2024 As it stands, “EV sales appear inelastic to battery metal prices”  Lithium Energy raises $15m in heavily oversubscribed placement to accelerate Solaroz drilling  All your...

Honda speeds up the electrification of its motorcycle business by announcing at least ten more electric models by 2025 The company has a goal of reaching carbon neutrality for all motorcycle products by 2040  Morella kicks of a broad Pilba...

Investor sentiment for rare earths stocks is flying There is about 750g of magnet rare earths on every EV motor, about 2 tonnes in offshore wind turbines  EVs, wind turbines are exponential growth sectors Our High Voltage column wraps all...

BMW Group says it will produce round lithium-ion cells with longer ranges and faster charging  To supply the battery cells needed for the NEUE KLASSE models, BMW Group has awarded contracts for construction of battery cell factories to CAT...

Fitch has downgraded its gold outlook but expects prices to remain “elevated in the coming years compared to pre-Covid levels” Contrarian argument: “It is also a sector full of M&A possibilities as gold equities haven’t been this ‘chea...

Tesla’s 4680 battery might not reach high production volumes until 2023 Charger Metals pushes Medcalf lithium prospect towards drilling with a program earmarked for December Xantippe’s conducting pre-drilling surface mapping at the Upper C...

EV Resources will acquire remaining 20% of the Shaw River lithium project Midas Minerals defines 8km of pegmatites at Newington lithium-gold project Kula Gold identifies six lithium targets at Brunswick project All your ASX lithium news,...

Lithium carbonate prices surged by 3.9% over the period of August 3 – 31 to an average RMB 472,000/tonne Benchmark Mineral Intelligence expects spodumene contract pricing to remain stable going into quarter four Spanish-focused Infinity Li...

Essential Metals says lithium production could kick off in 2025 at Pioneer Dome  Green Technology Metals begins 2,500m diamond drilling program at Roots Project Resource Mining prepares initial field exploration program across Finnish lith...

Piedmont plans to build massive lithium hydroxide plant in Tennessee by 2025 Power Minerals plans to kick off resource definition drilling at the Salta lithium project  Tambourah Metals flags 1,420ppm lithium rock chip samples at the Russ...

Toyota intends to increase battery production capacity by up to 40GWH Battery production for EVs will kick off between between 2024 and 2026 Argosy completes 95% of development work at the Rincon Lithium Project in Argentina All your lith...

Melbourne-based Akaysha partners with US energy storage company to deploy energy storage systems into the Aussie market  Galan’s high-flow long-term pumping test results continue to deliver higher production capacity parameters at the Pata...

ASX lithium miners are raking it in, a trend set to continue for a while yet CATL’s new batteries travel an impressive +1,000km between each charge Last week’s top ASX performers: Anson, White Cliff, Dart Mining  Our High Voltage column w...

Honda and LG Energy want to supply lithium-ion batteries exclusively to Honda facilities in the North American Market  Construction will take place in early 2023 ahead of mass production in 2025 Xantippe engages Argentinian consulting comp...

Core and Tesla agree to extend termination date for the binding off-take term sheet to October Kalamazoo accepts a $3m cornerstone investment to fast-track lithium and gold projects  Matsa wraps up a heavily oversubscribed placement after...

California expected to become  first US state to ban sale of new combustion engine (ICE) vehicles Allkem reports record FY results with revenue increasing over 800% to US$770 million Anson executes a binding MoU with global lithium extract...

Metalicity’s diversification into lithium continues apace as it adds a second highly prospective project in northern Queensland with multiple outcropping pegmatites to its portfolio. Historical mapping and sampling at the new Georgetown pro...

Ford cuts 3,000 jobs within operations that build internal combustion engine vehicles to focus on EV push  Arcadia releases 560% increase to resource at Bitterwasser Project Latin Resources first pass ‘sighter’ metallurgical test work retu...

Ford slashes 3,000 jobs as shift to EVs gathers pace At least 2 significant producers in Sichuan have suspended lithium production, while another has halved output due to the heatwave-driven powercrunch: Fastmarkets Last week’s top ASX per...

Macquarie upgrades its quarterly average lithium price assumption by 2% to US$5,000/t The brokers top two lithium picks remain unchanged – Pilbara Minerals and IGO  Encounter Resources expansive land position in the North Arunta province i...

ASN shares soar on big increase to JORC resources at Paradox lithium project A8G’s soil geo-chem results highlight lithium targets at Mt Peak GT1’s latest diamond drilling results increases mineralised volumes and grade at North Aubry All...

TSX listed Korara Resources finds another massive nugget stash at the Beta Hunt mine near Kalgoorlie The new discovery just below the super-rich, 30,000oz Fathers Day Vein China imported more than 80 tons (or 2.56Moz) of gold worth $US4.4b...

Lithium producers in China’s Sichuan province are suspending production due to the power crunch VP Capital’s John So says lithium prices may surge 10% in the next few weeks TYX acquires 80% of the issued capital of Angolan Minerals  All y...

The ASX200 is up 0.31% with the ABS reporting strong wage growth Seven out of eleven sectors were higher, with consumer staples leading the charge Real wages of Australians are going backwards due to the rising cost of living   The ASX 2...

Toyota and CATL announce factory closures in China as a scorching heatwave sweeps the country CRR confirms high-grade lithium up to 2.15% lithium oxide at the Mavis Lake Lithium Project RGL says results from a deep ground penetrating radar...

Ola co-founder plans to sell 1 million EVs in the next two to three years TNG acquires the ‘Sandover Licences’ which covers areas considered prospective for lithium in pegmatites LRS confirms a significant new discovery following an inters...

CATL eyes second gigawatt battery plant in Europe with construction to kick off later this year  AKE acquires 100% of María Victoria lithium tenement in South America CXO kicks off 40,000m reverse circulation (RC) drilling program at BP33 ...

Fleet Space says its ExoSphere earth scanning tech is a quicker, cheaper and cleaner mineral exploration option Ragusa Minerals reports promising desk top review and rock chip sampling at NT project Morella picks up another lithium project...

Researchers say lithium’s atomic signature could be traced for ESG purposes Global Lithium Resources flags 24m at 1.03% lithium interval at Manna Winsome Resources starts surface stripping and mapping at Canadian Cancet project   All your...

Emerging semi-solid battery technology uses a lot more lithium; battery metal shortfall may hamper rollout Are weakening cobalt prices about to get a boost? ASX lithium stocks bouncing back as more evidence emerges of long term supply shor...

Global producer Albemarle says lithium supply crunch will be here til 2030 Latin Resources kicks off feasibility studies at Brazilian project Enterprise Metals plans stage 2 soil sampling at Bullfinch North project  All your ASX lithium n...

EVN’s Jake Klein predicts US$2-US$3,000/oz gold price for this time next year Is a wave of merger and acquisition activity coming in the ASX gold space? Bounce back in vehicle production to boost PGM demand Gold price hits a four-week high...

Both technical and battery grade lithium carbonate ticked up by 0.3% and 0.2% respectively last week Sayona says North American Lithium operation ready for restart in Q1 23 Pan Asia Metals has welcomed the Thai Government’s new Policy on M...

GM prepays lithium producer Livent for six-year supply from its Argentinian operations The EV maker is targeting 1 million EVs annually by 2025 in North America Pilbara Minerals has sold a 5,000t cargo of 5.5% spodumene via its auction pla...

Even with every project online we could still be facing a 2 million mt deficit by 2030, S&P says Critical Resources finds 40.9m of spodumene-bearing pegmatite at Mavis Lake MinRex finds visible spodumene at the Sisters project in WA...

Toyota-Panasonic JV PPES secures 4,000tpa from ioneers US project Galan Lithium discovers pegmatite at Greenbushes South JV with Lithium Australia Drilling at Core Lithium BP33 deposit delivers 66.88m at 1.78% Li2O   All your ASX lithium...

The global energy storage market is set to reach 500GW by 2031, Woodmac says Pilbara Minerals says adding capacity to Pilgangoora is “money for jam” Neometals kicked off Lithium-ion Battery (LIB) recycling project operations during the qu...

The ASX has trundled along like a happy little camper, up nearly 1.0% SZL sizzled then fizzled as the BNPL sector got all turned around So. Many. Quarterlies. Oh. My. God. #pleasemakeitstop   It’s been a happy, smiley Friday for (nearly)...

Gold price hits three-week high post-FOMC rates decision ASX Quarterly Gold Wrap: producers hit a low bar, investors are pleased Gold demand falls in H1 as cost-of-living pressures bite, WGC says Our Gold Digger column wraps all the news...

US scientists say there’s lithium in waste water just waiting to be extracted MinRex Resources kicks off RC drilling at historic Shaw River project Reedy Lagoon scraps plans for Alvord lithium brine project after BLM advice All your ASX l...

GM enters two new agreements for the supplies of raw materials needed for EVs PAM defines exploration target of 8 to 14Mt at a grade ranging between 0.5% to 0.8% lithium oxide LEL is poised to start drilling at its Solaroz Lithium Brine Pr...

King CBE steals the show this morning with its new copper discovery in Botswana SRZ reveals more significant tin hits at Heemskirk in Tasmania  MLS produces a pilot scale bulk sample of graphite concentrate at its Lac Rainy project  Here...

Metals Australia (MLS) completes phase two metallurgical testwork, producing a bulk graphite concentrate sample from its Lac Rainy project in Canada The program achieved high grades of graphitic carbon and improved the flotation circuit, g...

The ASX 200 is set to open lower on Wednesday Wall Street drops overnight ahead of the FOMC meeting Australia’s June CPI number to be released today Local shares are set to open lower today. At 8.30am AEDT, the ASX 200 August futures is p...