Lithium: Bacanora releases PFS for its Zinnwald operation and aims to capitalise on expected EV manufacturing growth in Europe
Bacanora has released a pre-feasibility study for its Zinnwald Operation in southern Germany. Located on the German-Czech border, the operation aims to exploit its proximity to present and future European EV manufacturing facilities. The PFS states a resource of 35.5Mt, with Bacanora aiming to produce 5,112tpa of lithium fluoride (both… Read more
Graphite: Eagle Graphite to receive grant for production of Si-graphite battery anode material
The Canadian natural graphite producer Eagle Graphite has been chosen to receive a C$0.29M (US$0.22M) grant from British Columbia’s Advanced Research and Commercialization programme for Clean Energy Vehicles. Eagle Graphite plans a two-year scheme to develop and commercialise silicon-modified graphite material for use in the anodes of lithium-ion batteries. The… Read more
Chromium: Glencore to include additional power generation at its Lydenburg smelter
Glencore has signed an agreement with Swedish Stirling to install 25 power generation units, each containing 14 Stirling engines that deliver 400kW per unit. These external combustion engines will take residual gas from Glencore’s Lydenburg smelter in the eastern Bushveld to supply nearly 10MW to the ferrochrome smelter. Roskill View… Read more
Environmental policy to have fundamental impact on graphite industry
Our analyst Sue Shaw met with Andrew Scott to discuss the 10-year outlook for the graphite industry. “Environmental impacts will be significant and they’ve already caused shortages in both natural and synthetic #graphite over the last decade. Lithium-ion batteries will drive significant consumption growth in both the natural and synthetic… Watch now
Jonathan Barnes warns of looming shortage of copper projects with demand set to rise
“By the time we get out to 2035 three quarters of total #copper use is going to be in Asia” Analyst Jonathan Barnes speaking to Andrew Scott of proactive investors ahead of our upcoming Copper: Demand to 2035 report ”Asia is where 60-70% of the total demand is coming from… Watch now
Lithium producers looking to ‘maximise the value-add’ in the supply chain
Ahead of the upcoming publication of our report, lithium: Outlook to 2028 16th Edition, analysts David Merriman and Jose Lazuen de Zuloaga share their views with Andrew Scott of Proactiveinvestors United Kingdom on the outlook for lithium and electric vehicles. ”Producers are now looking to maximise the value-add in the… Watch now
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