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Stay ahead of the curve with Skillings’ coverage of the fast-evolving battery metals mining sector. From lithium and cobalt to nickel and graphite, this category delivers timely updates on demand trends, mining technologies, government policies, and market shifts. Whether you’re an investor, miner, or tech enthusiast, our curated insights highlight how battery metals power the EV revolution, grid storage, and next-gen energy tech.
Albemarle Corporation’s aggressive downstream integration strategy in Western Australia: highlighted by its multi-billion-dollar commitment to the Kemerton lithium hydroxide facility near Bunbury: underscores the shifting architecture…
The United States government has executed a decisive intervention in the critical minerals supply chain, moving to halt foreign shipments of shredded lithium-ion battery materials and…
Lithium prices are entering the second half of 2026 with the market focused on a critical question: can new supply arrive quickly enough to keep pace…
An open-pit copper-cobalt operation and processing complex in the DRC’s Copperbelt. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has prohibited the export of copper and cobalt concentrates…
North American Lithium’s Québec operation will supply spodumene concentrate to Mangrove Lithium’s proposed Eastern Canada conversion facility. Elevra Lithium has signed a binding agreement to supply…
BMI has raised its 2026 lithium price forecasts, but its latest outlook still points to a market where supply is expanding faster than demand. The research…
Critical minerals supply chains are being reorganized around security rather than cost alone. In 2026, governments are combining export controls, domestic-processing incentives, strategic stockpiles, recycling targets…
An Indonesian nickel processing complex reflects the growing importance of ore availability to the global market. Indonesia’s decision to limit 2026 nickel ore production to roughly…
Coarse-grained spodumene-bearing pegmatite recovered from diamond drilling. Core Lithium has intersected a broad, high-grade zone of spodumene mineralisation outside the existing resource at its BP33 deposit…
The architecture of global resource security is undergoing its most aggressive structural realignment in decades. Across Washington and allied capitals, policymakers are confronting a stark operational…
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