Latest Vanadium Recovery News

EIT RawMaterials has committed an additional €1.5 million to advance the Finnish Vanadium Recovery Project, reinforcing its role in Europe's critical materials supply chain. This marks the third funding round supporting technical innovation and project financing efforts.

Neometals’ Finnish subsidiary Novana Oy has been awarded a €48.7 million conditional grant from Business Finland to advance its €400 million Vanadium Recovery Project in Pori, aiming to produce up to 60% of Europe’s vanadium demand with a low-carbon footprint.

QEM Limited has marked significant progress at its Julia Creek Vanadium and Energy Project, finalising key heritage agreements and completing critical drilling, while new metallurgical findings prompt a strategic review of the project’s development path.

Neometals reports promising gold exploration results at Barrambie and advances lithium and vanadium projects with major partners, while completing a key business sale.

QEM Limited’s latest metallurgical tests have upended key assumptions of its 2024 Julia Creek Scoping Study, prompting a strategic review amid a tough vanadium market. The company now questions the viability of direct kerogen flotation for vanadium recovery and shifts focus to capital preservation and project reassessment.

Neometals has completed the sale of its lithium-ion battery recycling business, securing over A$10 million in cash and refocusing on its core mining and processing projects.

Neometals has agreed to sell its 50% stake in the lithium-ion battery recycling joint venture Primobius to SMS Group for €5 million upfront plus future royalties, marking a strategic pivot away from capital-intensive projects.

Neometals has reported a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate for its Ironclad gold deposit at Barrambie and signed a non-binding MoU with Rio Tinto to advance its lithium processing technology, alongside progress in battery recycling plant commissioning.

Neometals Ltd has released its first JORC-compliant Mineral Resource Estimate for the Ironclad deposit within its 100% owned Barrambie Gold Project, confirming an inferred resource of 13,000 ounces of gold. This milestone validates historic data and sets the stage for near-surface mining development.

Mount Burgess Mining reports encouraging hydrometallurgical test results from its Nxuu polymetallic deposit, achieving high recoveries for zinc, vanadium, and rare earth elements. The company also completed a modest capital raise to support ongoing project development.

Critical Minerals Group (CMG) advances its integrated vanadium flow battery strategy targeting commercial energy storage solutions by 2026, alongside key project and executive developments.

Mount Burgess Mining NL reports promising interim hydrometallurgical test results from its Nxuu Deposit, with zinc recovery exceeding 96% and strong extraction of vanadium, germanium, and gallium. These findings set the stage for a scoping study later this year.