Articles On Metals Australia (ASX:MLS)

Piedmont Lithium selected to receive A$226.7m in funding to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for EV in the US Askari Metals signs an agreement with Shanghai-listed and lithium heavy weight, Zhejiang Kanglongda Special Protection...

Lithium Energy makes a major lithium discovery in the first drill hole at the Solaroz Lithium Brine Project Lepidico completes trial reports and produces “very clean” lithium hydroxide crystals Encounter Resources finds  strong lithium pot...

Pilbara Minerals sells 5,000t of lower grade (5.5%) spodumene for a record $US35.5m via Battery Material Exchange “We could see a bit of an M&A frenzy with producers like Pilbara, Allkem and IGO looking to secure strategic assets of sc...

Pilbara Minerals accepts its latest pre-auction bid on the BMX totalling US$7,100/dmt Bulletin Resources identifies more than 50 new pegmatite targets at the Ravensthorpe Lithium Project Sayona develops a transport solution for its North A...

Aldoro Resources Planning begins planning for phase-3 drilling to increase the Niobe resource after $2.47m placement  Core Lithium’s managing director Stephen Biggins officially resigns form role  Kula Gold identifies 11 pegmatite targets...

Retail investment in gold, silver has either hit new peaks or held up at multi-year highs, says Metals Focus 1 ounce gold Maple Leaf in the US commands a 40% premium at the retail level, for example This week’s top movers: Sihayo, Dacian,...

We need more than twenty times the amount of lithium mined last year to meet demand Ragusa receives new NT tenement grant  Winsome begins drilling at the Cancet and Adina Lithium Projects in Quebec, Canada All your lithium news, Friday Oc...

Honda’s location decision in Ohio corresponds with its vision of building a new battery plant near a dedicated EV production line Ragusa Minerals kicks off drilling at NT Lithium Project in search for lithium bearing pegmatites Firetail Re...

Mercedes BEV sales increased by 115% in Q3 to 30,000 units Lake Resources and Sk On sign agreement involving up to 25,000tpa battery grade lithium (LCE) from Kachi St George Mining confirms up to 2.7% Li2O in rock chips at Mt Alexander Pro...

Alchemy Resources and Larvotto raise funds to expedite lithium drilling Metalicity kicks off exploration at Mt Surprise to follow up 3.3% lithium hit Resolution Minerals makes strategic placement to raise $1.03m All your ASX lithium news,...

Advanced vanadium developer Technology Metals Australia (TMT) has entered into a non- binding Memorandum of Understanding with Indian steelmaking company Tata Steel, part of the global Tata Group, to progress the development of the Murchiso...

Schlumberger teams up with MIT spinoff for greener lithium processing Core officially opens Finniss Lithium Project Further drilling at Arcadia’s Bitterwasser lithium resource indicates potential to grow  All your lithium news, Monday O...

Technology Metals (TMT) enters a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a potential offtake deal with Indian steelmaker Tata SteelThe companies will discuss the potential offtake of vanadium pentoxide from TMT’s Murchison Technology Metals p...

WA-based vanadium developer Technology Metals Australia has announced it will partner with India’s Tata Steel in a bid to reduce emissions in steel applications.

Benchmark says Chinese EV supply chain trying to find local lithium supply Allkem and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have agreed a non-binding term sheet for a project financing facility for the Sala de Vida Project Forrestani...

Woomera kicks off exploration activities at the Lake Dundas Lithium Project Riversgold picks up new tenement, expands the Tambourah Lithium project in Western Australia  Lake Resources executes a conditional framework agreement (CFA) with...

Allkem and Core Lithium got drill bits spinning  Sayona’s Moblam Lithium PFS targets further expansion of its Québec lithium resource base Rio Tinto Exploration exercises option to farm-in to the non-gold rights on the northern Rover Proje...

China will extend its dominance in cathode production, increasing market share from 78% in 2022 to 87% in 2030: Benchmark And yet this will mostly be from Tier 3 producers, which currently do not supply EV market Tier 1 production — those...

Sayona and Piedmont Lithium launch PFS for NAL lithium carbonate production Larvotto Resources gains 23% on discovery of new lithium anomaly within the Eyre Project Cygnus Gold and Latin Resources both appoint big names to non-executive di...

Liontown Resources receives Mining Proposal and Works Approval for Kathleen Valley Core Lithium completes first sale of a spodumene DSO product (1.4% Li2O) from its Finniss Project Widgie Nickel’s Mt Edwards Project identifies lithium bear...

Hertz and BP partner to build out a network of EV charging stations in the US Global Lithium Resources executes MoU with Korean battery maker SK On Anson discovers new lithium-rich horizons at Paradox Project All your lithium news, Thursd...

Metals Australia (MLS) intersects a broad 129-metre zone of high-grade vanadium-titanium-magnetite at the Manindi West target in WAThe company drilled three holes at its Manindi project, each designed to test different battery metals target...

Volkswagen’s battery spinout PowerCo forms JV with Umicore  The two entities plan to produce battery cathode material from 2025 Piedmont’s partner, Atlantic Lithium completes PFS at flagship Ewoyaa project in Ghana All your lithium news,...

Sayona Mining awards one of the largest signed contracts in Québec’s mining history to local operator  Core Lithium says preparations are underway for first shipment of spodumene from Finniss Cygnus Gold has acquired more ground around Pon...

LG Energy Solution signs two MoU’s with Canadian miners to secure lithium supply Greenwing accelerates exploration at San Jarge after strategic funding transaction with NIO Sipa begins drill testing lithium targets at the Skeleton Rocks Pr...

Chinese ministries are encouraging domestic companies to sign long term supply contracts Lepidico says it’s on track to complete the FEED for its Phase 1 chemical plant in November Argosy says rotary drilling and resource expansion explora...

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...