July 2021 Sibanye-Stillwater to buy Sandouville nickel facility from Eramet Precious metals mining company Sibanye-Stillwater is going to buy the Sandouville nickel hydrometallurgical processing facility from French mining group Eramet SA in a move to build on its strategy to diversify into the battery metals supply chain, the company said. 30 July 2021 Andrea Hotter NEW ENERGY MATERIALS MARKET REPORT 30/07: China battery-grade lithium still on uptrend, cobalt flat An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves from the past week. 30 July 2021 Dalila Ouerghi Talon Metals, USW to work toward 'first carbon-negative' nickel mine Nickel producer Talon Metals will collaborate with the United Steelworkers trade union (USW) in developing what could be the world’s first carbon-negative mine, the Tamarack Nickel Project in the US state of Minnesota, it announced on Thursday July 29. 30 July 2021 Orla O'Sullivan GLOBAL LITHIUM WRAP: Asian markets underpinned by firm demand, rising feedstock prices Lithium prices in China’s domestic market rose sharply in the week ended Thursday July 29 against a backdrop of strong buying interest during the routine monthly restocking cycle, while the seaborne Asian market benefited from the strength exhibited in China. 30 July 2021 Susan Zou, Cristina Belda US carmaker Ford to open new vehicle battery R&D center US-based carmaker Ford is to open a new center to develop, test and build vehicle battery cells and cell arrays at Romulus, in the US state of Michigan, accelerating the company’s research and development into future battery manufacturing, the company has said. 27 July 2021 Andrea Hotter Rio Tinto commits $2.4 billion to Jadar lithium project Rio Tinto has committed $2.4 billion to the Jadar lithium-borates project in Serbia, which expects first saleable production in 2026, the company said. 27 July 2021 Andrea Hotter PRICING NOTICE: Proposal to increase frequency of seaborne Asian lithium prices; amend names, specifications of lithium hydroxide prices Fastmarkets proposes to increase the frequency of two battery-grade seaborne Asian lithium prices to daily from weekly. 27 July 2021 Susan Zou IN FIGURES: China’s battery raw materials exports in June 2021 A summary of China’s battery raw materials exports for June 2021. 26 July 2021 Carrie Shi, Sybil Pan, Yingchi Yang IN FIGURES: China’s battery raw materials imports in June 2021 A summary of China’s battery raw materials imports for June 2021. 26 July 2021 Carrie Shi, Sybil Pan, Yingchi Yang CHINA COBALT SNAPSHOT: Prices stable on quiet trading, market sentiment remains cautious Key data from the Friday July 23 pricing session in China. 26 July 2021 Carrie Shi « 1 2 3 4 … »