Lithium demand to top 13M tonnes by 2050: WoodMac
Piles of lithium carbonate ready to be processed. (Stock image by Lubos Chlubny.) Global lithium demand could exceed 13 million tonnes by 2050 under an accelerated energy transition, more than…
First Phosphate lands conditional $12.2M grant to advance LFP processing plans
First Phosphate’s First Saguenay iron phosphate facility. (Image courtesy of First Phosphate) First Phosphate (CSE: PHOS) announced Monday it has been conditionally approved for a non-repayable contribution agreement for up to C$16.7 million ($12.2 million) with the…
Rock Tech, Siemens Canada partner to develop lithium conversion capacity
Rendering of Rock Tech’s lithium hydroxide plant under construction in Guben, Germany. Image: Rock Tech Lithium. Rock Tech Lithium and Siemens Canada announced Monday that they have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding…
Rio Tinto’s gallium R&D project gets Canadian gov’t backing
Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE: RIO) is moving forward on a research and development project to extract primary gallium from its alumina refinery in Quebec, with potential financial backing from the…
Agnico, Hycroft and Sidney lead February stocks ranks
Before you read about our February winners, add your voice to March’s benchmark. Vote Now – It takes 60 seconds. Agnico Eagle, Hycroft Mining Holding and Sidney Resources Corp. captured the top…
MP Materials to build new $1.25B magnet plant in Texas
Rendering of the 10X facility in Texas. Credit: MP Materials MP Materials (NYSE: MP) has selected a 120-acre site in Northlake, Texas, as the location of its proposed billion-dollar rare…
Lundin turns to space tech to find more gold in Ecuador
Fruta del Norte became in 2020 Ecuador’s first large-scale modern gold mine. (Image courtesy of Lundin Gold | Facebook.) Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) has enlisted Australian space company Fleet Space…
Denison builds Canada’s first new type of uranium mine
Denison builds Canada’s first new type of uranium mine Denison Mines (TSX: DML) plans to start constructing its Phoenix uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan in March, the country’s initial in-situ…
EGA, Century Aluminum team up to build first US smelter in 50 years
Century Aluminum CEO Jesse Gary, EGA CEO Abdulnasser Bin Kalban and Ryan Plotkin, US Aluminum CEO. Image submitted by Oklahoma Department of Commerce. Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ: CENX)…
EnergyX enters US manufacturing phase
Smackover lithium plant rendering from EnergyX. Energy Exploration Technologies (EnergyX) announced Wednesday that its advanced materials manufacturing is now operational with the commissioning of one of the largest roll-to-roll membrane production machines in North…
