https://lithium-news.com/ Lithium and battery-metals market news for investors. https://lithium-news.com/perseverance-nickel-copper-sulphides-michigan-osprey-target/https://lithium-news.com/perseverance-nickel-copper-sulphides-michigan-osprey-target/Sun, 13 Sep 2026 12:58:47 GMTPerseverance Metals says drilling at the Osprey target on its Voyageur Project in Michigan's Upper Peninsula found a near-surface nickel-copper sulphide-bearing intrusion of the type that hosts the region's mines.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/falcon-energy-materials-c30-million-anode-acquisition/https://lithium-news.com/falcon-energy-materials-c30-million-anode-acquisition/Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:28:50 GMTFalcon Energy Materials says it is in advanced talks to take a strategic interest in an operating anode producer, backed by a fully committed C$30 million non-brokered private placement.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/century-lithium-angel-island-mine-plan-blm-nevada/https://lithium-news.com/century-lithium-angel-island-mine-plan-blm-nevada/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 21:57:38 GMTCentury Lithium has handed the Bureau of Land Management the document that defines its Angel Island lithium project in Nevada, opening a federal environmental review that will set the pace of everything that follows.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/nord-wedge-hole-20676-gt-silver-castle-east/https://lithium-news.com/nord-wedge-hole-20676-gt-silver-castle-east/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 20:09:47 GMTThree silver-cobalt intervals across a 59.4-metre downhole span at Castle East, including 20,676 g/t silver with 1.16% cobalt over 0.30 metres, feed Nord's expanded geological model.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/pursuit-minerals-809mg-l-lithium-mito-salta/https://lithium-news.com/pursuit-minerals-809mg-l-lithium-mito-salta/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:56:46 GMTA packer test between 399.2m and 404.0m in hole DDH-3 returned 809mg/L lithium at Mito, the strongest brine grade yet reported from Pursuit Minerals' Salta project in Argentina.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/doe-20-million-arizona-underground-mining-lab/https://lithium-news.com/doe-20-million-arizona-underground-mining-lab/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 17:50:00 GMTThe University of Arizona will use a $20 million Department of Energy award to expand its San Xavier Underground Mining Laboratory with new underground space, a microgrid and electronics.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/codelco-ventanas-worker-transport-electromobility/https://lithium-news.com/codelco-ventanas-worker-transport-electromobility/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:43:27 GMTChile's state copper producer has switched worker transport at its Ventanas smelter and refinery complex entirely to electric vehicles, a first for Codelco and a test case for the rest of its divisions.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/cattlemen-drop-water-protest-surge-nevada-north-lithium/https://lithium-news.com/cattlemen-drop-water-protest-surge-nevada-north-lithium/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:45:17 GMTA Nevada ranching corporation has agreed to withdraw its water-application protest and grant long-term surface access across 880 acres inside the Nevada North Lithium Project's claims.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/anfield-utah-water-hurdle-velvet-wood/https://lithium-news.com/anfield-utah-water-hurdle-velvet-wood/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:38:56 GMTAnfield won Utah Concept Approval for its Velvet-Wood water treatment plan and asked to reactivate the mine's discharge outfall, aiming to start dewatering in November.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/vinfast-philippines-27-showrooms-13-dealer-deal/https://lithium-news.com/vinfast-philippines-27-showrooms-13-dealer-deal/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:56:38 GMTVinFast signed MOUs with 13 Philippine dealer groups covering 27 new showrooms, taking the Vietnamese EV maker toward about 60 locations before year-end. What it means for volumes.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/brussels-weighs-mmg-500-million-anglo-nickel-buy/https://lithium-news.com/brussels-weighs-mmg-500-million-anglo-nickel-buy/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:24:09 GMTMMG wants EU clearance for a $500-million deal to buy Anglo American's Brazilian nickel assets. How Brussels rules could shape every future critical-minerals sale to a China-backed bidder.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/non-tesla-evs-mass-pike-superchargers/https://lithium-news.com/non-tesla-evs-mass-pike-superchargers/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 21:57:37 GMTA driver's run down the Massachusetts Turnpike finds Tesla Supercharger stalls open to non-Tesla EVs, the clearest sign yet that the NACS plug has become the default on US interstates.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/bmw-hydrogen-x5-prototype-testing-2028/https://lithium-news.com/bmw-hydrogen-x5-prototype-testing-2028/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 20:05:13 GMTBMW says prototypes of its fuel-cell SUV are already on test, with a 2028 launch as the iX5 Hydrogen and four other powertrains sharing the next X5's platform.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/jupiter-mines-jarvis-interim-ceo-rogers-exits/https://lithium-news.com/jupiter-mines-jarvis-interim-ceo-rogers-exits/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:57:25 GMTJupiter Mines has handed interim control to Matthew Jarvis after four-year managing director Brad Rogers resigned for a CEO job elsewhere, with a consultancy bridge running to February 2027.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/rose-lithium-project-carney-summit-prospectus/https://lithium-news.com/rose-lithium-project-carney-summit-prospectus/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:44:37 GMTCritical Elements' Rose Lithium-Tantalum Project was picked for the prospectus handed to attendees of Canada's first national investment summit, a forum whose investors manage over $100 trillion.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/vw-skoda-jsw-joint-venture-india-evs/https://lithium-news.com/vw-skoda-jsw-joint-venture-india-evs/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:43:30 GMTVolkswagen Group is in exploratory talks with India's JSW group over a joint venture for its Volkswagen and Skoda brands, a deal that could underpin a long-planned India EV platform.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/namibia-hydrogen-flagship-misses-export-date/https://lithium-news.com/namibia-hydrogen-flagship-misses-export-date/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:41:04 GMTHyphen's plan had Namibia exporting green hydrogen before 2025 from a $4.4 billion, 2-gigawatt first phase. The feasibility study now runs to the end of 2026.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/oecd-iea-traceability-critical-mineral-supply-chains/https://lithium-news.com/oecd-iea-traceability-critical-mineral-supply-chains/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:55:39 GMTThe OECD and IEA say concentration and trade restrictions are choking investment in critical minerals, and that knowing where material comes from is now a security requirement, not paperwork.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/goldhaven-lithium-cu-ni-co-123900-hectares-brazil/https://lithium-news.com/goldhaven-lithium-cu-ni-co-123900-hectares-brazil/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:26:12 GMTGoldHaven says early fieldwork across 123,900 hectares in Brazil confirmed geological settings for copper-nickel-cobalt, rare earths and lithium, with pegmatites flagged for follow-up.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/tungsten-tripled-in-2026-and-the-u-s-still-mines-none-of-it/https://lithium-news.com/tungsten-tripled-in-2026-and-the-u-s-still-mines-none-of-it/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:10:00 GMTWestern Star Resources Inc. appointed Garland Scott to its board on September 11, 2026, bringing 26 years of financial services and capital markets experience from Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, as tungsten prices tripled in 2026 and the company awaits assay results on its past-producing U.S. tungsten properties in Nevada and New Mexico.Battery Metalssponsored https://lithium-news.com/exports-carry-china-1-64-million-ev-month-phevs-stall/https://lithium-news.com/exports-carry-china-1-64-million-ev-month-phevs-stall/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:53:52 GMTChina-built electric and plug-in hybrid cars sold 1.64 million units in August, up 18% year-on-year, but the growth is now split: battery-electric at an annual high, plug-in hybrids flat, exports doing the heavy lifting.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/frontier-lithium-dra-updated-pak-feasibility-study/https://lithium-news.com/frontier-lithium-dra-updated-pak-feasibility-study/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:28:36 GMTFrontier Lithium has appointed DRA Americas to update the mine and mill feasibility study for its PAK Lithium Project in Ontario, with completion targeted for the first quarter of 2027.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/lithium-isotopes-battery-ageing-fingerprint-bam/https://lithium-news.com/lithium-isotopes-battery-ageing-fingerprint-bam/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 21:54:36 GMTBAM researchers say the ratio of two lithium isotopes inside a cell tracks degradation directly, opening a chemical route to measuring battery ageing that could reshape testing and second-life valuation.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/clepa-survey-ev-purchase-intent-8-percent-eu-big-five/https://lithium-news.com/clepa-survey-ev-purchase-intent-8-percent-eu-big-five/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:06:14 GMTEurope's automotive suppliers association says just 8% of consumers in the EU's five biggest markets plan to buy an electric car next — a figure far below rival surveys, and one arriving as the bloc's engine rules are contested.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/pge-widens-v2x-program-more-evs-chargers/https://lithium-news.com/pge-widens-v2x-program-more-evs-chargers/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:56:03 GMTPG&E is adding more eligible EVs and bidirectional chargers to its California V2X program, turning customer cars into backup power and grid resources. PCG traded at 13.99, off 1.41%.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/nisgaa-tahltan-portland-canal-marine-terminal-opens/https://lithium-news.com/nisgaa-tahltan-portland-canal-marine-terminal-opens/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:45:25 GMTBritish Columbia's first majority Indigenous-owned port has opened on the Portland Canal, giving critical mineral producers in the province's northwest a dedicated saltwater outlet.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/country-risk-is-the-wrong-question-ask-if-the-process-is-written-down/https://lithium-news.com/country-risk-is-the-wrong-question-ask-if-the-process-is-written-down/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:44:00 GMTLake Victoria Gold Limited announced on September 10, 2026 that the statutory disclosure stage of its Phase 3 land valuation and compensation programme at the Imwelo Gold Project in Tanzania has been completed, with the process taking approximately five weeks from commencement on August 1 to disclosure meetings on September 7 and 8, 2026.Battery Metalssponsored https://lithium-news.com/australia-ev-rebates-dealerships-repair-shops/https://lithium-news.com/australia-ev-rebates-dealerships-repair-shops/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:33:50 GMTCanberra is widening EV support to the service bay: up to AU$3,000 per charging plug for dealers and repairers, plus 80% of eligible costs for EV-specific tools.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/jackery-energyguard-max-100kwh-home-battery-ifa-berlin/https://lithium-news.com/jackery-energyguard-max-100kwh-home-battery-ifa-berlin/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:30:32 GMTAt IFA Berlin, Jackery unveiled EnergyGuard Max, a whole-home storage system built around a 100kWh Energycore module and PowerVault 50 inverter — a capacity tier far above the wall-mounted home battery norm.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/ore-energy-43-million-iron-air-storage/https://lithium-news.com/ore-energy-43-million-iron-air-storage/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:40:44 GMTOre Energy has raised US$43 million to push iron-air battery cells toward commercial long-duration storage, a chemistry that trades round-trip efficiency for cheap, abundant materials.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/epa-final-cleanup-phase-vistra-moss-landing/https://lithium-news.com/epa-final-cleanup-phase-vistra-moss-landing/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:59:13 GMTThe EPA has begun the last phase of cleanup at the Moss Landing battery storage plant that burned in January 2025, closing out one of the most closely watched incidents in US grid storage.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/mines-do-not-usually-fail-on-geology-they-stall-on-land-access-302874986/https://lithium-news.com/mines-do-not-usually-fail-on-geology-they-stall-on-land-access-302874986/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:45:00 GMTLake Victoria Gold Limited completed the statutory disclosure stage of its Phase 3 land valuation and compensation programme at the fully permitted Imwelo Gold Project in Tanzania's Geita Region on September 8, 2026, approximately five weeks after commencement on August 1, 2026, with a large majority of Project Affected Persons completing and signing required valuation documentation.Battery Metalssponsored https://lithium-news.com/aviloo-used-ev-battery-warranty-24-countries/https://lithium-news.com/aviloo-used-ev-battery-warranty-24-countries/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:25:42 GMTAVILOO has switched on its battery warranty in 14 more European markets, lifting coverage to 24 countries and putting independent state-of-health testing at the center of used EV pricing.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/miners-take-18-30-spots-2026-tsx30/https://lithium-news.com/miners-take-18-30-spots-2026-tsx30/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:54:54 GMTEighteen of the 30 companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange's 2026 TSX30 ranking are miners — a record 60% share, powered by precious metals and critical minerals names.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/rock-tech-northern-innovators-award-tall-oil-lithium/https://lithium-news.com/rock-tech-northern-innovators-award-tall-oil-lithium/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:06:49 GMTRock Tech Lithium and Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper took the 2026 Northern Innovators Award for testing crude tall oil, a pulp mill by-product, as a flotation reagent in lithium processing.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/washington-presses-ford-cut-catl-geely-links/https://lithium-news.com/washington-presses-ford-cut-catl-geely-links/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:56:10 GMTTransportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants Ford to rethink its tie-ups with CATL and Geely. The battery licensing and Europe partnerships at stake are hard to replace quickly.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/qatar-first-ev-plant-watt-electric-vehicle-jta/https://lithium-news.com/qatar-first-ev-plant-watt-electric-vehicle-jta/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:44:44 GMTWatt Electric Vehicle and Qatari investor JTA have agreed to establish car and van production at Qatar's first dedicated EV factory, targeting a start in early 2028.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/energy-vault-china-gravity-test-battery-wall/https://lithium-news.com/energy-vault-china-gravity-test-battery-wall/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:34:42 GMTEnergy Vault built its Rudong gravity-storage plant in China with domestic supply chains and state backing — removing the usual first-of-a-kind excuses and leaving lithium-ion as the benchmark.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/catl-aaa-wartsila-bb-bankability-report-q2/https://lithium-news.com/catl-aaa-wartsila-bb-bankability-report-q2/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:34:10 GMTThe Q2 update to the battery storage Bankability Report lifts CATL to AAA and cuts W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 to BB, a split that lenders read closely when they price BESS project debt.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/bold-ventures-cencan-2026-rising-star-award/https://lithium-news.com/bold-ventures-cencan-2026-rising-star-award/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:38:02 GMTBold Ventures collected the 2026 Rising Star Award in Thunder Bay, following Kinross Gold and Gold X2 Mining as honourees. The OTCQB line traded at 0.05 as the award was announced.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/global-uranium-market-projected-to-reach-13-59-billion-by-2033-as-washington-becomes-the-sectors-largest-counterparty-30/https://lithium-news.com/global-uranium-market-projected-to-reach-13-59-billion-by-2033-as-washington-becomes-the-sectors-largest-counterparty-30/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:20:00 GMTEagle Nuclear Energy Corp. (Nasdaq: NUCL), a development-stage uranium company, engaged LSN Partners for government affairs and regulatory services and appointed Blake Steele, former President and CEO of Azarga Uranium Corp., as a uranium strategy advisor on September 9, 2026, as it advances its Aurora Uranium Project toward a Pre-Feasibility Study scheduled for completion in late 2027.Battery Metalssponsored https://lithium-news.com/the-cheapest-way-to-own-a-copper-mine-is-to-let-someone-else-build-it-302872897/https://lithium-news.com/the-cheapest-way-to-own-a-copper-mine-is-to-let-someone-else-build-it-302872897/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:06:00 GMTSalazar Resources Limited (OTCQB: SRLZF) reported on September 9, 2026 that construction of the Curipamba-El Domo polymetallic project in Ecuador has reached US$66.2 million in cumulative capital expenditure through June 30, 2026, with commissioning targeted for July 2027; Salazar holds a 25% carried interest while operator Silvercorp funds the build through a US$175.5 million stream financing agrBattery Metalssponsored https://lithium-news.com/drones-are-now-mapping-the-tungsten-ground-america-walked-away-from-302872116/https://lithium-news.com/drones-are-now-mapping-the-tungsten-ground-america-walked-away-from-302872116/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMTWestern Star Resources Inc. (CSE: WSR) has mobilized a high-resolution drone magnetic survey at its 100%-owned Eagle Point tungsten project in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, with data acquisition expected to take approximately three weeks to map mineralized contacts and support target selection ahead of a maiden drill program.Battery Metalssponsored https://lithium-news.com/ontario-storage-distributed-reliability-track-btm-batteries/https://lithium-news.com/ontario-storage-distributed-reliability-track-btm-batteries/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:50:59 GMTEnergy Storage Canada wants Ontario to open a dedicated procurement route for behind-the-meter and distribution-connected batteries, arguing customer-sited capacity can be built faster than the grid can add supply.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/aviloo-free-battery-warranty-26-countries/https://lithium-news.com/aviloo-free-battery-warranty-26-countries/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:25:08 GMTAustria's Aviloo has widened its no-cost battery warranty for second-hand EVs to 26 European countries, with cover granted only after a car passes its flash battery test.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/grid-battery-metals-agm-resolutions-98-72-percent/https://lithium-news.com/grid-battery-metals-agm-resolutions-98-72-percent/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 21:58:33 GMTEvery resolution at Grid Battery Metals' 2026 annual meeting passed with more than 98.72% support, keeping the four-member board and the CEO in place while the OTCQB line trades at a penny.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/stria-lithium-becomes-arc-mineral-royalties-trades-aro/https://lithium-news.com/stria-lithium-becomes-arc-mineral-royalties-trades-aro/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:08:58 GMTA former lithium explorer has relisted on the TSX Venture Exchange as a gold royalty company, backed by a C$12 million placement and a Mt Henry royalty interest.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/brussels-antitrust-objections-mmg-anglo-nickel-deal/https://lithium-news.com/brussels-antitrust-objections-mmg-anglo-nickel-deal/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 19:06:31 GMTEU regulators are drawing up formal objections to MMG's purchase of Anglo American's Brazilian nickel unit, citing critical mineral supply concerns — a rare merger fight over a metal the bloc says it cannot afford to lose control of.Lithium News https://lithium-news.com/global-antimony-market-projected-to-reach-4-5-billion-by-2036-but-the-binding-constraint-is-the-permitting-clock-3028726/https://lithium-news.com/global-antimony-market-projected-to-reach-4-5-billion-by-2036-but-the-binding-constraint-is-the-permitting-clock-3028726/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:03:00 GMTRUA GOLD Inc. reported on September 8, 2026 the highest-grade drill results to date from its Auld Creek gold-antimony project in New Zealand, including a 0.6 metre intercept grading 82.9 grams per tonne gold and 24.80% antimony, with the company targeting a Fast-Track mining application in October 2026 and pre-feasibility study publication in December 2026.Battery Metalssponsored https://lithium-news.com/energy-fuels-utah-terbium-clears-japanese-magnet-maker/https://lithium-news.com/energy-fuels-utah-terbium-clears-japanese-magnet-maker/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:55:24 GMTTerbium oxide from Energy Fuels' White Mesa Mill in Utah has been approved by a major Japanese permanent magnet maker, a rare non-Chinese qualification for one of the scarcest rare earths.Lithium News