Latest Electric Vehicle Batteries News

Vulcan Energy has appointed ABB as the main electrical contractor for its flagship Lionheart lithium project, marking a significant step towards financing and construction. The €46 million fixed-price contract covers comprehensive electrical infrastructure for a facility set to produce enough lithium for 500,000 electric vehicles annually.

Lithium Universe Limited has successfully raised $2.46 million through the first tranche of a share placement, fueling its ambitions to build a green lithium refinery in Canada and advance innovative solar panel recycling technologies.

Battery Age Minerals Limited (BM8) is accelerating exploration across its diversified critical metals projects spanning Europe, North America, and South America, positioning itself as a key player in the global supply of germanium, gallium, lithium, gold, and silver.

European Metals Holdings has advanced its Cinovec Lithium Project with a new preliminary mining permit and secured funding to complete its Definitive Feasibility Study, reinforcing its position in Europe's critical raw materials landscape.

Cadoux Limited has made significant progress in its High Purity Alumina (HPA) front-end engineering design and advanced the Minhub rare earths feasibility study, positioning itself strongly in the evolving critical minerals market.

Western Yilgarn NL has significantly boosted its bauxite portfolio with two new JORC-compliant resource estimates and confirmed high-grade gallium and cobalt discoveries, positioning itself strongly in critical minerals and gold exploration.

Firebird Metals has advanced its manganese-rich battery materials strategy with new Chinese patents, a significant kiln sales interest, and a A$6 million capital raise, alongside key leadership changes.

Petratherm Limited has significantly extended high-grade titanium mineralisation at its Rosewood East prospect and discovered a new Echo Prospect, advancing its Muckanippie Project towards a maiden resource.

Delta Lithium has transformed its portfolio by spinning out its Mt Ida gold assets into Ballard Mining, unlocking significant shareholder value and advancing lithium exploration with promising new discoveries.

Euro Manganese is pushing forward an optimization program for its Chvaletice Manganese Project to enhance operational efficiency and reduce costs, aligning with surging global demand for high-purity manganese critical to electric vehicle batteries and energy storage.

Talga Group has won a SEK 82.6 million (A$13.3 million) grant from the Swedish Energy Agency to advance its low-emission graphite anode project, accelerating its path to commercial-scale production in Sweden.

Battery Age Minerals (ASX – BM8) showcased its global portfolio of critical minerals projects at the Ignite Investment Summit in Hong Kong, highlighting maiden drilling at Austria’s Bleiberg germanium project, a newly granted drill permit for Argentina’s El Aguila gold-silver system, and ongoing lithium exploration in Canada’s Falcon Lake.