On October 9, the European Commission selected 46 new strategic projects across 16 Member States. The projects will contribute to the benchmarks set in the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) that, by 2030, EU capacity meets at least 10% of the EU's annual consumption for extraction, 40% for processing, and 25% for rec

On October 9, Arverne announced that the European Commission has designated Lithium de France as a Strategic Project under the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA), placing the project among a select group of initiatives considered essential to Europe’s industrial and energy independence.
The CRMA sets key targets for 2

South Korea’s POSCO Holdings announced the completion of a lithium carbonate production facility at its second lithium plant near the Hombre Muerto Salt Lake in Argentina. The facility uses brine from the salt lake as its feedstock. Total investment amounted to USD 954 million, and the facility has an annual producti

On October 8, National Energy Services Reunited Corp. (NESR) announced that its business segment, NESR Environmental and Decarbonization Applications (NEDA), has agreed with Aramco to execute the Aramco 2027 Lithium Demonstration Project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
This project aims to produce 2,000 tons per annu

On October 8, 2026, LG Energy Solution announced that it had signed a multi-year binding offtake agreement with Elevra Lithium for spodumene concentrate. Under the terms of the agreement, Elevra Lithium will supply LG Energy Solution with 240,000 dry metric tonnes of spodumene concentrate over a four-year period, sta

On October 6, Rosatom's Fuel Division launched a lithium-ion energy storage gigafactory in the Moscow region, with an annual production capacity of 4 GWh. The facility is part of Russia's first robotic battery production cluster and is Rosatom's second gigafactory.
The gigafactory can produce up to 18 million battery

On October 7, Lithium Africa Corp. announced that it has elected to advance the Springbok Project in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa, toward the production of spodumene concentrate, targeting first production in H2 2027. The Company had been evaluating a direct shipping ore sale of the existing stockpile of

On October 5, Premier African Minerals completed a subscription to raise approximately GBP 1,200,000. The net proceeds of the funds will provide additional working capital to support the planned recommencement of operations at the Zulu Lithium and Tantalum Project, including the potential remobilisation of mining act

South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources announced that it will strengthen supply chain cooperation in critical minerals and other areas with five Central Asian countries—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—following the first Korea-Central Asia Summit held in Seoul from Se

On September 28, the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) announced that Geothermal Engineering Ltd. will receive government capital grant funding of up to GBP 9.8 million. The offer comes via the Automotive Transformation Fund, which is part of the UK Government’s DRIVE35 programme, delivered by the Department for Busin

On September 23, 2026, Exide Industries announced that its material subsidiary, Exide Energy Solutions Limited, had completed commissioning of Phase I of its lithium-ion cell manufacturing facility at Devanahalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka.
The commissioned facility has a capacity of 6 GWh and is designed to manufacture a

On September 22, Global Lithium Resources Limited entered into a binding Scheme Implementation Deed (SID) with Titan Australia Mining Pty Ltd (Titan) under which it is proposed that Titan will acquire 100% of the shares in Global Lithium. Titan is part of Titan Lithium, a UAE-headquartered critical minerals group. Th

On September 17, Alkemy Capital Investments plc, the owner of Tees Valley Lithium Ltd (TVL), announced that TVL has received an Offer in Principle for capital grant funding of up to GBP 18.3 million under the UK Government’s DRIVE35 Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) program, towards Phase 1 of TVL’s merchant lithi

On September 17, Porsche announced that it has partnered with cylib, German recycling company, and other partners to produce battery cells using 100% recycled cathode active materials from its own used high-voltage batteries. The cells are now undergoing extensive testing. This was done to create a closed-loop recycl

On September 14, Arverne announced the results of the independent lithium resource assessment of its Exclusive Exploration Permits (PERs) portfolio in Alsace, conducted by Sproule ERCE, a leading international consultancy specializing in resource evaluation and certification. 
Sproule ERCE has estimated Indicated and

On September 14, E3 Lithium and Epsilon CAM signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding for the potential supply of battery-grade lithium carbonate from E3’s Clearwater Project in Alberta, Canada. The MoU, effective September 1, 2026, contemplates the supply of up to 5,000 tonnes per year over five years, equiva

On September 11, Vulcan Energy received its second permit for commercial lithium extraction under the Lionheart project from the Rhineland-Palatinate Mining Authority. The permit, known as “Ilka,” allows Vulcan Energy to extract lithium on an industrial scale in the Landau mining area. Ilka follows the previously gra

On September 9, Lohum announced that it has dispatched its first tranche of lithium ore from mining assets in Zimbabwe’s Matabeleland South Province, marking the first output from its Zimbabwe operations. The company holds rights to ten spodumene-bearing blocks covering about 1,100 hectares, with estimated deposits o

On September 7, LG Energy Solution announced that it has secured a key technology to improve the stability of next-generation lithium manganese-rich (LMR) batteries through joint research with Seoul National University. The company identified factors contributing to gas generation and capacity degradation during LMR

On August 28, Imerys announced that its EMILI project has been awarded a EUR 116 million grant from the European Union’s Innovation Fund. EMILI is Imerys’ lithium initiative in central France, designed to extract and refine domestic lithium from the Beauvoir deposit to equip 700,000 electric vehicles annually. The gr