Articles On Scorpion Minerals (ASX:SCN)

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...

ASX rises  following Wall Street’s lead Cettire drops 12pc after disappointing earnings update Retail house Premier Investments surge after potential Myer deal   The ASX rose by 0.34% on Tuesday following Wall Street’s lead. Consumer dis...

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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...

  ASX closes  higher with consumer and utilities leading the charge Wall Street rally boosts sentiment as Nvidia jumps 4pc China’s CSI 300 index falls 5pc amid doubts over stimulus plans   The ASX closed 0.13% higher on Wednesday, thanks...

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...

  ASX falls on Wednesday with banks dragging down market Lithium stocks surge on CATL suspension reports; MinRes hits new high Energy stocks struggle as Brent drops below US$70   The ASX was on the back foot on Wednesday, down by 0.3%  w...

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...

Today’s Closing Bell is brought to you by WeBull Securities   ASX dipped as Woolworths and mining stocks fell Australia’s current account deficit widened Blackstone acquired AirTrunk’s data centres for $23.5 billion   The ASX dipped 0.08...

ASX 200 up on Friday boosted by strong US GDP and Wall Street gains Star Entertainment gets scathing remarks from regulator Downer EDI and TPG Telecom among the stocks to surge today   The ASX closed 0.58% higher on Friday as investors di...

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...

ASX and regional markets are sharply lower after Wall St tech crunch All 11 local sectors hit, InfoTech smashed hardest on -2.7pc Tissue Repair leads small caps on happy TGA approval news   The benchmark has followed sharp falls across...

Specimen gold and visible gold in vein quartz have been uncovered at Olivers Patch The discovery demonstrates the clear gold potential of Scorpion’s larger Pharos project Upcoming exploration includes geological mapping, auger assisted s...

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...

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...

ASX down 0.5pc, Energy sector up due mainly to Woodside’s upgrade. CRH to acquire Adbri, ending Adbri’s 62-year ASX presence China’s data CPI keeps increasing, new data shows   The ASX continued yesterday’s decline, down another -0.5% tod...

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...

ASX retreats on Tuesday ahead of Fed Budget and US PPI/CPI Copper stocks up after the metal hit highest level since 2022 GUD jumps 11pc after strong FY24 update   The ASX dipped by -0.4% on Tuesday ahead of the Federal Budget and a key PP...

Scorpion Minerals demonstrating copper potential of the Mt Mulcahy prospect Mt Mulcahy has proven copper prospectivity with plenty of mineralised hits and existing resource at South Limb Pod Mt Mulcahy includes multiple untested VTEM condu...

What’s moving and shaking in the ASX-centric world of lithium? Let’s take a quick look.    Sayona Mining (ASX:SYA) grabbed us by the attention deficit disorder earlier today after the struggling miner grabbed itself a lift on the back of po...

What grabbed the headlines last week?   Dovish noises from European central banks, a dovish note from the US Fed and some warmly welcomed weak-ass US labour market data gave Wall Street a pretty tailwind last week, the benchmark S&P500...

Where’s lithium at today? We’ll start with the Chinese-flavoured “spot price”. Lithium Price Bot says… that the lithium carbonate pricing is trending down for the moment, to the tune of about -0.31% and spot further: -0.7%. Is the lithium s...

Despite bearish forecasts from major investment banks, lithium industry pioneer and Scorpion Minerals boss Michael Fotios believes a potential tripling in carbonate prices could be on the cards by the end of the year. As lepidolite mining i...

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...

The ASX staged a relief rally on Monday Gold, oil stocks struggled after tensions in the Middle East eased The focus has now shifted from Middle East tensions to company earnings   The ASX put on a relief rally after its -3% loss last wee...

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...

• Both lithium spot and futures prices have been rallying in the Chinese market and continue to do so today • This is leading analysts to cautiously suggest a lithium recovery • Meanwhile, nickel’s loss is lithium’s gain – per MinRes and...

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 today with this and that, here and there, pertaining to the lithium market? Let’s find out.    Hold your horses, futures contango followers and lithium spot price bottom fanciers. That is, if you take one set of big banker...

Azure’s potential takeover by mining titans Hancock Prospecting and SQM takes another step forward Lithium spot prices appear to be on the up, and dare we say it… finally bottomed out? Glut? What glut?… says Joe “Mr Lithium” Lowry   What...

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-...

The lithium futures contango, if you know what that is, is continuing to provide market hopium Meanwhile investment banker firm Morgan Stanley issues positive note on lithium… with caveat ASX lithium gainers include: GL1, LRS, GT1, GLN   ...

Chinese electric car company giant BYD turns heads with affordable new EV range Vulcan Energy looks to be securing big Euro funding for its German lithium operation What’s up, what’s down for ASX lithium stocks today?   What did we learn...

Pilbara Minerals, owner of the biggest hard-rock lithium mine in the world, revealed its half-year earnings this morning The numbers may be lacklustre, but the words were positive WML, 1AE, POS, all trading up nicely today amid a mixed day...

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...

  ASX200 trims gains to end circa 0.3pc higher Sectors in the money include Utilities and IT Small cap winners led by Alliance Nickel and Sarytogan Graphite   A fresh batch of fat Q4 profit reports in the US overnight was apparently all t...

Labor’s electric vehicle strategy/forecast is copping a bit of a beating from the critics today And yet… EV sales appear to have surged ‘tenfold’ Meanwhile, Pure Resources, Chariot and Eclipse lead the lithium gainers on the ASX Lithium r...