Metso Outotec has launched an activated carbon (AC) filter for more efficient recovery and recycling of battery chemicals, as part of its Planet Positive range.
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Skills gaps addressed in battery mineral processing
The Western Australian Government has identified several skills gaps to be addressed in the growth of Australia’s battery industries, with some miners reskilling to transition into minerals processing.
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‘How, not how much,’ the key for battery metals: BHP
BHP has recognised community engagement as equal in importance to the sheer volume of battery metals produced – as copper demand doubles and nickel quadruples – to 2050.
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Primero taking Core Lithium to the Finniss line
Primero has secured a contract to construct Core Lithium’s Finniss Dense Media Separation plant at the Finniss lithium project in the Northern Territory.
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Pilbara Minerals to sell spodumene through digital platform
Pilbara Minerals is trialling a sales and trading software platform for battery materials from the Pilgangoora lithium-tantalum project in Western Australia.
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IGO to secure Greenbushes stake in $1.9bn acquisition
IGO has doubled down on its clean energy metals strategy by revealing plans to purchase a 49 per cent stake in Tianqi Lithium Energy Australia for $1.9 billion.
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EcoGraf secures agreement for graphite processing facility
EcoGraf and the Western Australian Government have signed an agreement to deliver a $98 million graphite processing facility in the Rockingham industrial area of Western Australia.
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Tesla to mine own battery metals
Tesla has revealed at its Tesla Battery Day that the company is planning to break into the battery metals mining business.
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Australian Mines to go carbon neutral by mid-2020
Battery minerals developer Australian Mines has set the goal to become 100 per cent carbon neutral by June 30 2020.
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Lynas keeps production apace amid challenges
Lynas has achieved its output guidance for battery metals and rare earths during the December quarter, despite a constrained production environment and subdued market pricing.
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Argosy moves Rincon into production
Australian-based Argosy Minerals has launched lithium carbonate production at the Rincon lithium project in the Salta province of Argentina.
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Batteries included: How Australia is charging up for a revolution
The rise of Australia’s battery metals sector over the last few years — particularly in Western Australia — is proving indicative of a wealth of potential that is yet to be fully tapped.
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Clean TeQ seeks partner for Sunrise battery metals project
Clean TeQ Holdings is appointing Macquarie Capital to search for a partner to work on the company’s Sunrise battery materials complex in New South Wales.
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Battery metals major focus for greenfield exploration in WA
Nearly a third of participants involved in the current round of an ongoing state-backed commodity exploration scheme in Western Australia are focusing on battery metal discoveries.
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Northern Minerals secures $15m in funding for Browns Range
Northern Minerals is raising $15 million in funding to develop its Browns Range heavy rare earth pilot plant in Western Australia and to repay research and development costs.
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Independence Group CEO talks technology at Austmine 2019
Utilising innovative technology to fast-track both the exploration and exploitation of mining sites is the key to success in the modern age, according to Independence Group (IGO) managing director and CEO, Peter Bradford.
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Neometals makes start at battery recycling plant
Perth-based Neometals has commissioned the first stage of its lithium-ion battery recycling pilot project with SGS in Canada.
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Coal leads Australian mining to 2018 export record
Australia's resources exports delivered a record $248 billion in revenue in 2018, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
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Western Australia drives mining comeback
Rising investment in Western Australian mining projects and record sales in 2017–18 could see the mining industry return to the conditions of the mining boom, according to research from IBISWorld.
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MinRes sets up Wodgina with Albemarle partnership
Mineral Resources has set the next stage of the 30-year Wodgina lithium project in motion with its acceptance of a proposed joint venture with United States company Albemarle Corporation.
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