Articles On Mineral Commodities (ASX:MRC)

Lithium prices faking at a rebound as corporate activity rises Sayona-Piedmont the latest scrip M&A deal, while Norm Seckold lists $9.7m Nevada lithium float WA1, Nico, Pantera among High Voltage weekly gains   Our High Voltage column...

EV maker BYD’s October sales put them on par with Ford year-to-date This comes after the Chinese giant beat Tesla on quarterly revenue Most consumer demand coming from hybrid vehicles   Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving...

Trump administration could repeal elements of Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act Benchmark analyst says fossil fuels likely to be in the spotlight Any impact on electric vehicle and battery sector could be years away   Our High Voltage colum...

How close to break even are WA lithium producers? MinRes knocks back concerns about meeting cost guidance Green Critical Minerals, OD6 Metals and Talga among the weekly battery metals rocketships   Our High Voltage column wraps all the ne...

Fastmarkets reckons lithium price increases are not sustainable More production cuts are forecast out of China Outlook for cobalt, manganese, nickel and graphite demand also sluggish   Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving AS...

US government considers setting price floors for critical minerals like lithium CME is launching a spodumene futures contract this month Liontown makes price public for Kathleen Valley lithium shipment   Our High Voltage column wraps all...

CATL supply cuts have given lithium equity sentiment a boost But Benchmark Mineral Intelligence price assessments show there has been little immediate impact on chemical pricing Element 25 among the leading battery metals stock on US Gover...

Reports says we could source US$1bn of critical minerals from EV scraps by 2045 US$1600 worth of Li-ion battery metals and REEs could be recovered per vehicle Automotive OEMs are already building out circular rare earths supply chains  ...

Global EV charging infrastructure way behind whats needed to meet 2030 EV demand US only has 183,000 public ports, EU has around 630,000 Fuel retailers could be well placed to fill the gap   Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driv...

Tianqi loses appeal to halt Chilean state run miner deal with SQM SQM and Codelco pursue deal to extract lithium at Atacama salt flat Rio and BYD in the running for Altoandinos salt flat project   Our High Voltage column wraps all the ne...

China’s lithium battery industry reports 20% year on year growth while prices continue to fall Chinese battery manufacturers have accelerated plans to build factories overseas CRR up 70% for the week on news it will start desktop studies t...

Benchmark Minerals Intelligence predicts US$1.6 trillion investment needed in battery industry 44% of 2040 investment needed to build battery gigafactories Lithium needs $94 billion invested to meet 2030 demand, and double that for 2040  ...

Serbian government reinstated Rio’s licence to develop the Jadar mine Project would extract 58,000tpa lithium hydroxide Decision has sparked protests in Belgrade over environmental concerns   Our High Voltage column wraps all the news dri...

Mineral Commodities’ (ASX:MRC) flagship mineral sands project in South Africa, Tormin, is being shut down. The culprit?: an oil spill offshore the beach the company mines zirconium sands and other heavy minerals. That same oil slick has...

ASX rises on Monday after Wall Street banked a belter on Friday All 11 local sectors higher, InfoTech winning the race for Best in Show Aruma Resources led the small caps winners   The local benchmark moved strongly into positive terri...

Low lithium prices continue with no signs of recovery in sight Small miners like Core Lithium have already cut output in response Eyes are on bigger players to see if they follow suit   Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving...

Graphite deficit expected to continue out to the 2030s USA moving away from China and looking to Aussie suppliers IG6 boss says there’s ‘outstanding opportunities’ for Aussie graphite in the US   Our High Voltage column wraps all the news...

ASX 200 punches it, record highs back in view  11 of 11 sectors higher, like a well-oiled machine  Great day for small caps, goldies and Augustus Minerals Local markets surged this morning after yet another record-breaking night for Wa...

Aussie Federal Government aiming to fast track critical mineral mining to supply US Aligning with US could risk our biggest export customer in China For certain US subsidies Aussie miners need less than 25% Chinese ownership   Our High...

French lithium miner Eramet in production with Direction Lithium Extraction tech by November Pivotal Metals finds thick copper in Canada Sipa Resources eyes exploration at WA nickel project   Our High Voltage column wraps all the news dr...

BloombergNEF says demand for EVs is still going strong in 2024 New report flags more battery supply chain investment needed LFP batteries expected to cut demand for nickel and manganese   Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving...

A Donald Trump presidency – good or bad for the US EV adoption narrative? Does it even matter that much?  Could solid state lithium batteries be set to take over from lithium-ion?  Volkswagen plans to counter BYD’s affordable EV push into...

The ASX200 closed the day trading up 0.35 of a per cent. The sectors are fairly split with Energy leading the pack, up 1.86%, followed by financials, up 0.7%. Industrials dipped the most, down. 0.15% In the green Liontown Resources...

Mineral Commodities (ASX:MRC) has elected to divest its interest in the Tormin Mineral Sands Project in South Africa as the company shifts to focus on its graphite assets and downstream active anode material projects.  The company has en...

ASX to open higher, tracking Wall Street’s moves overnight US SEC to inspect Boeing’s investor releases to see if there was deception And… a nice surprise for FTX customers   Aussie shares are poised to open higher on Friday, in line w...

Lithium prices and stocks have largely risen this week on the back of building sentiment That’s helped by a new Chinese policy to boost EV consumption through trade-in subsidising And keep an eye on quarterly reporting for lithium and othe...

Alpha HPA and Renascor Graphite receive a big sugar daddy hug from Albo this week Lithium news: the “spot” pricing is trending… steadily right now. So that’s okay KTA, LU7 and NWM make strong battery metals gains on the ASX this week   A...

Lithium ‘spot’ prices outta China make a bit of a recovery to start the week  EV demand remains intact, says one prominent expert. Not everyone agrees Indonesia keeps blowing up global nickel industry, while copper looks good   Where are...

Lithium spot pricing has dipped, but that futures ‘contango’ is still in play Citi analysts take a bearish view on lithium short to mid term PLS’s downstream move with Ganfeng turns heads    Where are lithium and other battery metals at t...

Despite all three US markets claiming new records overnight, the ASX200 is expected to shed a just over a quarter of a per cent when trade gets underway shortly. Megacap Apple dropped 4 per cent after the US Department of Justice lodged...

What’s shaking in the land of the lithium lizards? (And other battery metals.) Let’s see…    Is there something of a perfect storm forming for lithium right now? A positive perfect storm, that is. Lithium prices have been absolutely poleaxe...

What’s happening here and there with this and that pertaining to battery metals on February 29? Let’s take a look…    While the Australian nickel industry is very much pushed to the edge of the nickel universe in the midst of an Indonesian-...

Speculation regarding shutdown of huge Chinese lithium mine raises industry’s eyebrows Low lithium prices are ‘unsustainable’ says Albemarle boss ASX battery metal leaders over the past seven days include: ARR, SYA, AUZ Another lithium-he...

  Local markets ride commodities lift to offset weak performance from Wall Street on Friday ASX 200 benchmark finished the day on +0.09pc, a lot higher than it really had any right to Resources led the way, overcoming a significant deadwei...

Good morning, and welcome to Stockhead’s Top 10 at shortly-before-11-ish, which is meant to highlight the best (and sometimes worst) performing ASX stocks in morning trade using live data, to provide a short, sharp update to help frame the...

Oil and gas titan ExxonMobil reveals big bold lithium-producing plans Despite recent bearish lithium spot prices, EV sales are surging in Europe S&P Global believes lithium supply will need to increase 270% to meet future demand Weekly...

Mineral Commodities (ASX:MRC) has extended the closing date of the retail offer of its $15 million capital raise by a week from 16 November to 23 November 2023. The company now expects the results of the pro-rata non-renounceable entitle...

China’s control over the graphite supply chain is nothing new. As the world’s top graphite producer and exporter, China dominates every stage of the supply chain from feedstock material to active anode material production (AAM), accounting...

Western Australia’s government is re-energising its battery and critical minerals strategy and looking for feedback Piedmont Lithium has turned in inaugural revenue and profit on lithium shipments What’s hot, what’s not on the ASX for batt...

  Lithium prices continue to slump amid weak Chinese economic scene Albemarle quarterly profit expected lower, while UBS downgrades EV demand outlook  But wait… PLS boss is still upbeat on lithium demand, and MinRes grabs more of hot stock...

Benchmark ASX index ends -0.6 lower Utilities only sector in the green Small caps led by LSA, AZS   The ASX200 has closed 42 points (-0.61%) lower on Thursday. May as well get you a pic. I’ll point out the important bits…   ASX200 ON THUR...

Don’t want to jinx it too hard, but maybe, just maybe, lithium prices have touched the bottom. (Yep, definitely jinxed it) Meanwhile EV sales are well up again, with beaut global figures for September making the rounds And LPI and LTR have...

Benchmark ASX index finishes ever so slightly up ASX Sectors led by Financial, IT, Property and Materials Small cap gainers: RBL, PIL, and LPI   Here’s how we ended on Thursday. Local markets largely did okay, and then wilted when we go...

Mineral Commodities is back up and running at its Skaland Graphite AS operation in Norway after a mechanical failure of its primary ore production drill rig last month caused a temporary production halt.

Highlights Mineral Commodities has restarted primary drilling and ore production at the Skaland Graphite AS (Skaland) operations. MRC has commissioned a rental drill rig at Skaland, replacing the primary ore production drill rig (Tamr...

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting throws another $152m at Liontown in Ablemarle blocking move Could drooping lithium prices burst the DSO bubble?  Our High Voltage column wraps the news driving ASX stocks with exposure to lithium, cobal...

“200-300Mt resource is being considered longer term” at Patriot’s Corvette: E&P Financial Group Would make the Corvette one of the top 5 lithium resources in the world But much of the Corvette deposit sits below a large lake, which wil...

What stocks trading at 52-week highs are telling us How do we know if they are overbought or oversold? We take a look at one investing strategy called the 52-Week High Rotation Strategy   One indicator used by chartists to determine an en...

Our High Voltage column wraps the news driving ASX stocks with exposure to lithium, cobalt, graphite, nickel, rare earths, manganese, magnesium, and vanadium.   Governments and policymakers seem to be right at it this week and the beneficia...

Mineral Commodities is back in the black with an annual net profit of more than US$780,000 for the past financial year, compared to an annual net loss of about US$4.5 million for the previous reporting period.