On May 7, Ascend Elements announced that it had secured up to USD 320 million (PLN 1.22 billion) in funding from Poland’s Ministry of Economic Development and Technology to build a sustainable precursor cathode active material (pCAM) manufacturing facility. pCAM is a high-value engineered material essential for produ

On April 15, Arverne Group launched the construction of the Direct Geothermal Lithium Extraction (DLE) demonstration plant for its project in Alsace. Located in the Bas-Rhin region of France, this demonstrator will play a key role in assessing lithium resources, as well as the technical and economic performance of th

On April 3, Ecobat announced the successful commissioning of three lithium-ion battery recycling facilities within just one year. Located in Hettstedt, Germany; Casa Grande, Arizona; and Darlaston, England, these facilities are now fully operational. 
Together, the three plants are capable of processing up to 10,000

On April 1, Canadian mining company Lithium Americas announced it has finalized a USD 250 million investment from Orion Resource Partners, which will fund Phase 1 of the Thacker Pass mine in Nevada. Coinciding with this investment decision, GM and Lithium Americas contributed USD 100 million and USD 192 million in ca

On March 27, the European Commission approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the creation of a joint venture by Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA (‘SQM') and Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (‘Codelco'), both of Chile. The transaction relates primarily to lithium production.
The Commission concluded that

On March 27, Porsche launched a pilot project to recycle raw materials from high-voltage batteries and explore a closed-loop recycling system. The initiative supports the growing need for sustainable battery materials and responsible battery disposal. In the future, Porsche plans to build a recycling network with ext

On March 25, the European Commission adopted a list of 47 Strategic Projects to boost domestic strategic raw material capacities. The new Strategic Projects mark an important milestone in the implementation of the Critical Raw Material Act (CRMA). The 47 new Strategic Projects are located across 13 EU Member States.

Webasto SE (Webasto) inked a cooperation agreement with cylib to turn used batteries into tomorrow's needed raw materials.
cylib will collect and recycle used batteries and production waste from Webasto’s battery production at European sites. Its technology fully recovers all used battery materials, including lithium

On March 21, multiple sources reported that US-based KoBold Metals, backed by Microsoft and Amazon founders, proposed to develop the disputed Manono lithium and tin project in the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo). At present, the project is in a legal dispute involving AVZ Minerals, the DRC government, and China’s

On March 14, Cornwall Council announced that it has received planning consent for the facility to be established at its Cross Lanes Lithium Project, near Chacewater. The facility, which will include a demonstration plant phase, will enable Cornish Lithium to implement multiple phases of testing and enhancements, with

On March 5, Lohum Cleantech, a producer and processor of sustainable critical minerals, announced the expansion of its lithium refining capabilities with a new 1000 MT per annum battery-grade lithium facility. The company currently refines over 90% of India’s lithium and is developing production capabilities for valu

On February 28, Frontier Lithium Inc. announced it has acquired the 183-acre site of a former coal-fired power plant in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, where it plans to build a lithium processing plant. 
Frontier, which is developing a mine about 500 km northwest of Thunder Bay, acquired the site on the southern tip o

On February 20, Rock Tech Lithium Inc. signed a binding business combination agreement (BCA) to form a business combination with Arcore AG, an arm’s length Swiss-based mining company. The goal is to establish a fully integrated Lithium supply chain in Europe. 
Rock Tech and Arcore will form a new European entity, New

On February 19, the Mineral Exploration and Consultancy Limited (MECL), a PSU under the Ministry of Mines, and the Provincial Government of Catamarca, Argentina, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for deeper collaboration in exploration and resource development of critical minerals. This collaboration is expe

On January 31, it was announced that the Latin American Lithium Chamber has formed an alliance with the South African Lithium-Ion Battery Society to boost the development and manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries.
This partnership aims to leverage the potential of the Lithium Triangle to establish it as a strategic

On January 28, Mangrove Lithium, a pioneering lithium conversion company based in Canada, announced the closing of a USD 35 million financing to begin construction of groundbreaking lithium refining plant in Delta, British Columbia. 
The state-of-the-art facility—with construction already underway and slated to be op

On January 15, Aramco signed non-binding heads of terms with Ma'aden, the largest multi-commodity mining and metals company in the Middle East and North Africa region, to form a joint venture in Saudi Arabia.
The JV will focus on energy transition minerals, including lithium extraction from high-concentration deposi

Pure Lithium Corporation (Pure Lithium), a Boston-based lithium metal battery technology company, has entered into a joint development agreement with Ceramics to accelerate the production of its patent pending lithium selective, water-blocking membranes for lithium metal anode production from brine. These solutions

On January 17, Ioneer Ltd. announced the closing of a USD 996 million loan from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) under the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) program to support the development of an on-site processing facility at the Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project in

On January 13, Vulcan Energy announced that it has produced its first battery-grade lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM) at the Central Lithium Electrolysis Optimization Plant (CLEOP) facility in Frankfurt-Höchst, marking Europe’s first fully local production of LHM, from raw material extraction to the final product.