March 14, 2024

Copper price soars to 7-month high on China’s plans to cut output

From Mining.com Copper prices soared on Wednesday to their highest in seven months […]
March 5, 2024

Indonesia and China killed the nickel market – Richard Mills

2024.03.02 The mantra? Our fossil-fueled based transportation system needs to be 100% electrified, […]
March 3, 2024

Can British Columbia’s Copper Projects Meet North America’s Green Energy Dream

From eResearch Copper, a critical component in electronics, construction, and renewable energy, is […]
February 26, 2024

IRA blowback: restricting imports slowing electric vehicle adoption – Richard Mills

2024.02.26 The Inflation Reduction Act aims to grant incentives to companies that source […]
February 16, 2024

Copper, this dog will hunt – Richard Mills

2024.02.16 More manufacturing will boost the demand for copper. Jeff Currie noted that […]
February 4, 2024

Global Manufacturing Rebound Could Signal A Bright Year For Copper

By Frank Holmes – US Global Investers Some industry leaders are anticipating lofty […]
January 19, 2024

AOTH – Our Battery Metal and Stock for 2024 – Richard Mills

2024.01.19 Due to its natural strength and stiffness, graphite is an excellent conductor […]
January 19, 2024

Dollar Varden expands Homestake Silver deposit with 23 holes, highlighting 93.95m of 357 g/t AgEq including 9,422 g/t Ag over 1.02m – Richard Mills

2024.01.19 Dolly Varden Silver (TSXV:DV, OTC:DOLLF) has put out more encouraging results from drilling […]
January 19, 2024

Pentagon support accelerates Graphite One

By Shane Lasley – Mining News “As the United States and the world transition […]
January 17, 2024

AOTH Top Metals of 2024 Part 1- Copper – Richard Mills

2024.01.17 2023 was a topsy-turvy year for copper, the red metal buffeted by […]
January 14, 2024

The $400 Billion Lithium Battery Value Chain

By Visual Capitalist As the world transitions away from fossil fuels toward a […]
January 13, 2024
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Renforth, first update of 2024…Victoria, Beaupre and Parbec

Welcome to a New Year! A new year of exploration is on the […]
December 27, 2023

Copper Prices Waver as Global Supply Faces New Challenges

By Metal Miner  Panama’s President ordered the shutdown of the Cobre Mine, impacting 1% […]
December 20, 2023

Funds less negative on copper as supply landscape shifts

By Mining.com Copper supply, once again, is turning out to be a lot […]
December 19, 2023

A Copper Bug asks ‘who got copper’? – Richard Mills

2023.12.19 The copper price has climbed to within spitting distance of 4 bucks […]
December 19, 2023

Visualizing the Demand for Battery Raw Materials

By Visual Capitalsist Metals play a pivotal role in the energy transition, as […]
December 18, 2023

Max Resource Corp. (TSXV: MAX): Unveiling Rich Resources in Colombia

By Brett MatichPresident & CEO As we approach the close of the year, […]
December 16, 2023

Graphite One Announces Made in America plan to fast track US synthetic graphite EV battery anode production – Richard Mills

2023.12.16 Graphite One (TSXV:GPH, OTCQX:GPHOF) is advancing its Graphite Creek property, situated along the […]
December 16, 2023

Billionaire Miner Friedland Warns of a Copper ‘Train Wreck’ as Supply Stalls

By James Attwood and Jacob Lorinc – Bloomberg Copper is poised to follow other commodities upended by […]
December 16, 2023

Billionaire Mining Magnate Friedland Says $15,000-a-Ton Copper Needed to Spur New Mines

By Alix Steel, Dani Burger, and Jacob Lorinc – Bloomberg Copper prices need to nearly double in […]
December 9, 2023

Renforth completes in-fill drill program at its Surimeau Battery Metals Project, setting up for 2024 maiden resource – Richard Mills

2023-12-09 A junior resource company with a potentially district-scale battery metals property has […]
November 29, 2023

Stantec to design C$1 billion Li-ion battery plant in British Columbia

By Mining.com Bringing advanced manufacturing and hundreds of jobs to British Columbia, E-One […]
November 23, 2023

Copper supply rethink as smelter treatment charges fall

By Andy Home – Reuters LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Chilean copper miner Antofagasta (ANTO.L) last […]
November 23, 2023

Copper Inventory Not Signaling Recession

By Goehring & Rozencwajg Driven by concerns of an impending global recession, copper […]
November 18, 2023

Chinese Copper Smelter Inks First Drop in Fees in 3 Years

By Bloomberg News Chilean miner Antofagasta Plc and Chinese smelter Jinchuan Group agreed to […]
November 15, 2023

Surimeau prospecting results advance battery metals and lithium exploration; Victoria drilling delivers mineralization – Richard Mills

2023.11.15 This week, Renforth Resources (CSE:RFR, OTCQB:RFHRF, FSE:9RR)  updated shareholders on results from the […]
November 8, 2023

Drilling resumes at Renforth Resources’ Surimeau battery metals project in Quebec – Richard Mills

2023.11.08 The latest edition of the IEA’s Critical Minerals Market Review reveals that […]
October 25, 2023

Graphite One drills 15m of 10.75% Cg at Graphite Creek, as China slams the door on flake graphite exports – Richard Mills

2023.10.25 China is once again using its dominance in the mining and processing […]
October 25, 2023

China ups critical minerals heat with graphite controls

mining.com China is upping the critical minerals stakes by curbing exports of graphite, […]
October 20, 2023

Beijing Ratchets Up Export Controls – In the Crosshairs This Time: Graphite, the “Unsung Player” in the Battery Supply Chain

By Sandra Wirtz  In keeping with its known penchant for weaponizing trade, Beijing is […]
October 20, 2023

China, world’s top graphite producer, to curb exports of key battery material

By Siyi Liu and Dominique Patton China is the world’s top graphite producer and exporter. It […]
October 16, 2023

Backed by up to $47.2 million in non-dilutive funding Graphite One poised to deliver 2023 drill results – Richard Mills

2023.10.16 America’s largest graphite resource, and one of the biggest in the world, […]
October 7, 2023

Renforth bringing in experts to advance Surimeau battery metals project, based on Finland deposit analog and bioleaching process – Richard Mills

2023.10.07 The urgency to expand and diversify the world’s critical minerals supply chain […]
September 23, 2023

Max discovers new copper-silver target at CESAR – Richard Mills

2023.09.23 The importance of copper exploration projects cannot be understated. In an era […]
September 21, 2023

Graphite One gets huge financial boost from US government grant and Bering Straits Native Corporation – Richard Mills

2023.09.21 The US Department of Defense, the government of Alaska and Bering Straits […]
September 19, 2023

Renforth concludes summer prospecting program, discovers new battery metals mineralization – Richard Mills

2023.09.19 The summer prospecting program at Renforth Resources Inc.’s (CSE: RFR) (OTCQB: RFHRF) […]
September 15, 2023

EPOW Announces Its Partner Company Graphite One Awarded $37.5m From US Government

ZIBO, China, Sept. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —  Sunrise New Energy Co., Ltd. […]
September 12, 2023

US lags behind China, India, EU when it comes to battery recycling – report

By Mining.com China, the EU, and India are likely to take the lead […]
September 5, 2023

Graphite One Welcomes Strategic Investment from Bering Straits Native Corporation (“BSNC”); Creates Regional & Community Development Program

September 5, 2023 BSNC will make an initial investment of US$2.0 million in […]
September 2, 2023

Max to fly geophysical survey over CESAR’s AM District – Richard Mills

2023.09.02 Max Resource Corp (TSX.V: MAX; OTC: MXROF; Frankfurt: M1D2)  continues to advance […]
September 2, 2023

Renforth Resources well funded for fall/winter exploration at Surimeau – Richard Mills

2023.09.02 Great news just came out of Renforth Resources Inc. (CSE: RFR) (OTCQB: […]
September 2, 2023

Renforth 为秋冬勘探提供了充足的资金

2023.09.02 Renforth Resources Inc. (CSE: RFR) (OTCQB: RFHRF) (FSE: 9RR) 刚刚传出好消息,宣布已完全清算其在 Radisson Mining […]
August 28, 2023

Electric cars and solar cells rely on Chinese minerals. Here’s how to curb the risks.

By The Washington Post Editorial Board The U.S. transition to cleaner energy technology […]
August 27, 2023

Import ban on goods made with Chinese slave labor extended to electric car batteries – Richard Mills

2023.08.27 US auto manufacturers that source their components from a region in China […]
August 27, 2023

Where are North America’s battery anode plants being built? – Richard Mills

2023.08.27 The electrification of the global transportation system doesn’t happen without graphite. That’s […]
August 18, 2023

Renforth resumes fieldwork at Surimeau to prospect lithium targets – Richard Mills

2023.08.18 Renforth Resources Inc. (CSE: RFR) (OTCQB: RFHRF) (FSE: 9RR) has once again […]
August 18, 2023

Renforth 恢复 Surimeau 项目实地考察以勘探锂目标

2023.08.18 Renforth Resources Inc.(CSE:RFR)(OTCQB:RFHRF)(FSE:9RR)再次启动了其位于魁北克南部 330 平方公里的 Surimeau 电池金属矿区的实地勘探。 最初的重点将是今年夏天早些时候 Renforth 开发的勘探目标,其中包括历史和政府土壤调查中发现的各种锂、镍和锌矿点,这些矿点位于该矿区南部的 Decelles 基岩附近或内部, […]
August 13, 2023

Renforth grows critical minerals exploration portfolio with acquisition of copper project – Richard Mills

2023.08.13 Renforth Resources (CSE:RFR, OTCQB:RFHRF, FSE:9RR) continues to grow its pipeline of battery […]
August 13, 2023

Renforth 通过收购铜项目扩大关键矿产勘探投资组合

2023.08.13 Renforth Resources(CSE:RFR,OTCQB:RFHRF,FSE:9RR)继续扩大其电池和关键金属矿产勘探资产组合,本周宣布收购一个已知存在铜矿化的项目。 Copper Prince 项目位于安大略省艾恩布里奇 (Iron Bridge) 附近,由 15 个矿权区组成,涵盖历史产量有限的已知含铜矿脉系统 (Copper Prince) […]
August 5, 2023

Graphite essential to green transformation – Richard Mills

2023.08.05 Despite the plethora of electronic gadgets we have at our fingertips, most […]
August 2, 2023

How Clean is the Nickel and Lithium in a Battery?

Article/Editing: Bruno Venditti The production of lithium (Li) and nickel (Ni), two key […]
July 29, 2023

Renforth acquires new nickel property, as exploration at Surimeau battery/ precious metals deposit continues – Richard Mills

2023.07.29 The Surimeau mineral deposit in Quebec being developed by Renforth Resources (CSE:RFR, OTCQB:RFHRF, […]
July 24, 2023

Department Of Defense Awards Graphite One $37.5 Million

By Megan Gannon Graphite One is getting a big injection of taxpayer dollars to […]
July 20, 2023

From the $37.5M Pentagon grant to a $5M loan from an Alaskan gold mining company, domestic graphite supply chain plan is broadly backed.

By Shane Lasley From the U.S. Department of Defense and policymakers in Washington, DC, […]
July 18, 2023

Graphite One a technology company that mines graphite receives $37.5 million from US DoD – Richard Mills

2023.07.18 Graphite One (TSXV:GPH, OTCQX:GPHOF) and its Graphite Creek deposit in Alaska have […]
July 11, 2023

Africa, Bolivia becoming important in race to lock up lithium supply – Richard Mills

2023.07.11 The race is on to score lithium, the crucial electric vehicle battery […]
July 10, 2023

Sen. Lisa Murkowski visits Graphite Creek

2023.07.10 I recorded this at @GraphiteOne’s drill site near Nome, as I learned […]
July 8, 2023

China’s metal export controls give impetus for US to develop its own graphite supply – Richard Mills

2023.07.08 China has certainly picked an interesting time to escalate the trade war […]
July 8, 2023

中国的金属出口管制推动美国发展自己的石墨供应链

2023.07.08 中国无疑选择了一个有趣的时机来升级与其西方竞争对手的贸易战。 周一,在美国 7 月 4 日庆祝活动开始前几个小时,中国宣布将对镓和锗实施出口限制,这两种金属对半导体、电动汽车和电信设备的制造至关重要。 中国商务部在一份声明中表示,以国家安全为由实施的新规定将要求出口商从 8 月 1 日起运输镓和锗化合物必须获得许可。 此举是全球日益激烈的技术霸主之战的一部分。根据欧盟今年对关键原材料的一项研究,中国已成为多达 […]
June 27, 2023

Electrification’s demands on copper and graphite are off the charts – Richard Mills

2023.06.27 The three most critical inputs in the race to electrify and decarbonize […]
June 22, 2023

Renforth’s spring drill program at Surimeau demonstrates analog to Finland’s Outokumpu polymetallic district, Talvivaara mine – Richard Mills

2023.06.22 Renforth Resources’ (CSE:RFR, OTCQB:RFHRF, FSE:9RR) Surimeau project in Quebec is a district-scale […]
June 18, 2023

Video – Victory Battery Metals

June 15, 2023

Victory Battery Metals delivers encouraging results from Phase 2 drilling at Smokey lithium project – Richard Mills

2023.06.15 Victory Battery Metals (CSE: VR) (FWB: VR6) (OTC: VRCFF) has delivered the […]
June 15, 2023

Victory Battery Metals 在 Smokey 锂项目的第 2 阶段钻探取得了令人鼓舞的成果

2023.06.15 Victory Battery Metals (CSE: VR) (FWB: VR6) (OTC: VRCFF) 在 Smokey Lithium […]
June 14, 2023

Why Graphite One is essential to a green future

2023.06.14 Graphite One (TSXV:GPH, OTCQX:GPHOF) aims to become the first vertically integrated domestic graphite […]
June 14, 2023

Video – Graphite one

June 9, 2023
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Copper mining profits top $100 billion a year, but where are the new mines?

By Frik Els  Despite two consecutive years of bumper topline earnings north of […]
June 7, 2023

Victory starts exploring Georgia Lake lithium project in Ontario; geologists on site identifying lithium-bearing pegmatites – Richard Mills

2023.06.07 Victory Battery Metals (CSE:VR, FWB:VR61, OTC:VRCFF) recently completed a four-hole drill program at […]
June 2, 2023

Renforth identifies three lithium targets based on 11 rare element-enriched anomalies at Surimeau – Richard Mills

2023.06.02 Quebec-focused critical minerals junior Renforth Resources Inc. (CSE:RFR, OTCQB:RFHRF, FSE:9RR) has been […]
May 26, 2023

Graphite One is building America’s first graphite source ahead of EV materials supply squeeze – Richard Mills

2023.05.26 For all the talk about needing more lithium to feed our vehicle […]
May 26, 2023

Graphite One 在 EV 材料供应紧缩之前正在建设美国第一个石墨源

对于所有关于汽车电化原材料的讨论目前都围绕锂,而对石墨的关注还不够多;石墨应该可以说也是一种重要的矿物,甚至可能更重要。 事实上,石墨是电池负极材料的理想选择,它负责在充放电过程中存储和释放电子。由于其天然的强度和刚度,石墨是一种出色的热和电导体,不仅可以满足电动汽车电池的电压要求,还可以满足固定式电池的电压要求。 如今,石墨是电动汽车电池中重量最大的成分,占电池的 45% 或更多。每个电池单元消耗的石墨原料几乎是锂的四倍,是钴的九倍。 毋庸置疑,石墨对于电动汽车供应链来说是不可或缺的。彭博新能源财经预计,在电动汽车电池热潮改变交通运输行业的背景下,石墨需求到 2030 年将翻两番。 国际能源署 (IEA) 将时间延长了 10 年,预测石墨需求的增长在 […]
May 25, 2023

The Green Energy Transition Has a Chilean Copper Problem

By James Attwood and Valentina Fuentes André Sougarret won global acclaim in 2010 […]
May 24, 2023

Graphite: An Essential Material in the Battery Supply Chain

The demand for lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries has skyrocketed in recent years due to […]
May 23, 2023

Renforth drilling at Surimeau hits visible net-textured sulphides commonly seen on magmatic deposits – Richard Mills

2023.05.23 Electrification and decarbonization continue to be one of the most dominant investment […]
May 13, 2023

Victory Battery Metals: Smokey lithium project moves from early-stage to advanced-stage with completion of spring drill program – Richard Mills

2023.05.13 Victory Battery Metals: Smokey lithium project moves from early-stage to advanced-stage with […]
May 12, 2023

Two dominant investment themes and the metals required for each – Richard Mills

2023.05.12 When looking for an investment, the approach I take involves looking at […]
May 11, 2023

Victory Battery Metals – Mark Ireton interview

Mark Ireton, Victory President & CEO – interview with Mari-Len Guzman from Investing […]
May 2, 2023

Lithium nationalization bombshell – Richard Mills

2023.05.02 As countries gradually recover from the pandemic, substantially better economic growth rates […]
April 29, 2023

Graphite One achieves ‘milestone moment’ in providing anode material manufactured from Graphite Creek feedstock – Richard Mills

2023.04.29 Graphite One (TSXV:GPH, OTCQX:GPHOF) aims to become the first vertically integrated domestic […]
April 29, 2023

Renforth ready for pegmatite prospecting amid major shakeup in lithium industry- Richard Mills

2023.04.29 The lithium nationalization bombshell dropped last week by Chile is good news […]
April 29, 2023

Renforth 准备在锂行业的大重组中进行伟晶岩勘探

智利上周发布的锂国有化重磅炸弹对北美锂矿商来说是个好消息。这些矿商可能会变得更加重要,因为它们是制造电动汽车和卡车以及储能用锂离子电池所需的白色金属的潜在供应商以及一系列消费电子产品。 这一发展还可能进一步给电动汽车制造商带来压力,他们正争先恐后地确保锂供应。 加布里埃尔·博里克总统上周四宣布,他的政府将把该国的锂产业收归国有,国家计划与公司合作以促进当地产业的发展。据矿业媒体报道,国有铜业公司 Codelco 最初将与合作伙伴签订新合同,之后将由一家全国性锂公司负责。 此外,Codelco 和另一家国有矿商 Enami 将在目前有私人项目的地区获得勘探和开采合同。已经在智利的两家锂矿商 SQM 和总部位于美国的 Albemarle 将继续运营,直到他们的合同到期。 […]
April 26, 2023

Victory Battery has expanded its lithium drill program in Nevada

Victory Battery Metals Corp. (CSE:VR) (FSE:VR6) (OTCPink:VRCFF), a diversified investment corporation with mineral […]
April 15, 2023

Graphite is a key vulnerability in the US-China “electrification war” – Richard Mills

2023.04.15 The electrification of the global transportation system doesn’t happen without graphite. That’s […]
April 6, 2023

Graphite One bolsters management team, has resources updated ahead of feasibility work – Richard Mills

2023.04.06 To say the global energy transition will be metal-intensive would be quite […]
April 6, 2023

Graphite One 加强管理团队,在可行性工作之前更新资源

全球的能源转型将需要大量的金属。BloombergNEF 预计从现在到 2050 年,实现净零排放可能需要价值近 10 万亿美元的金属。 到那时,在国际能源署的国家政策情景(STEPS)下,世界可再生能源产能必须增加两倍,在可持续发展情景(SDS)下甚至可以增长六倍。 然而,为实现《巴黎协定》的目标(如 SDS 中所述,在“远低于 2°C 的全球气温上升”下实现气候稳定),将意味着到 2040 […]
April 1, 2023

Renforth 在 Surimeau 矿产的西部边界钻探发现了关键矿物

随着各种清洁能源计划在世界范围内开始形成,为这一全球能源转型提供动力的工业金属供应日益成为人们关注的问题。 “不可能按时建造足够多的矿山来实现政策制定者承诺的时间表上的净零能源转型目标”——这是今年早些时候在温哥华举行的矿产勘探协会 (AME) Roundup 会议的主要收获之一。 国际能源署 (IEA) 的一份报告显示,到 2030 年,必须建造数百个新矿才能满足预计需求。根据 IEA 的计算,这相当于当前关键矿产供应链的 10 […]
April 1, 2023

Renforth encounters critical minerals from drilling at western boundary of Surimeau property – Richard Mills

2023.04.01 As various clean energy initiatives begin to take shape across the world, […]
March 29, 2023

Value of battery metals in newly-sold EVs tripled on rampant lithium, nickel prices

By Frik Els  The EV Metal Index, which tracks the value of battery […]
March 25, 2023

The ESG Challenges for Transition Metals

By Elements Mined commodities like lithium, cobalt, graphite and rare earths are critical […]
March 25, 2023

EVs vs. Gas Vehicles: What Are Cars Made Out Of?

By Bruno Venditti Electric vehicles (EVs) require a wider range of minerals for […]
March 24, 2023

Victory Battery gets Phase 2 drilling started at Smokey Lithium, aiming to extend the mineralization – Richard Mills

2023.03.24 A sign of a burgeoning sector is one that is able to […]
March 23, 2023
EV and lithium battery markets to experience significant growth

Albemarle to build $1.3 billion lithium plant in South Carolina

By Sourasis Bose, Arunima Kumar and Ernest Scheyder Albemarle Corp (NYSE: ALB) said on Wednesday […]
March 18, 2023

Volkswagen to invest in mines in bid to become global battery supplier

By Victoria Waldersee and Nick Carey Volkswagen plans to invest in mines to […]
March 16, 2023

Renforth resumes drilling at its Surimeau Battery Metals Project – Richard Mills

2023.03.16 A drill crew is back on site at my favorite junior nickel […]
March 16, 2023

Graphite One reports resource growth

Located about 35 miles (60 kilometers) north of the legendary gold mining town […]
March 14, 2023

Opportunity knocking for North American lithium explorer – Richard Mills

2023.03.14 Global demand for lithium-ion batteries is expected to grow five-fold by 2030. In […]
March 11, 2023

Graphite One’s Graphite Creek deposit a generational graphite resource USGS says among largest in the world – Richard Mills

2023.03.11 Modeling by the International Agency shows that global EV adoption must surpass […]
March 10, 2023
Copper wire

Estimated US$3.4 trillion of copper needed by 2050

Getting to net zero could require almost $10 trillion of metals between now […]
March 6, 2023

Firms search for greener supplies of graphite for EV batteries

By The Econimist Despite probable bumps in the road ahead, caused by faltering […]
February 27, 2023

Tesla, GM among carmakers flocking to mining events amid battery metals scramble

By Jacob Lorinc and Joe Deaux Top automakers including Tesla Inc., General Motors Co. […]