Ford Motors announced seven battery-metal deals this week, noted Kitco correspondent Paul Harris.

On Friday Harris recorded Kitco Roundtable with mining audiences manager Michael McCrae and Cornish Metals CEO Richard Williams.

On Thursday the automaker announced it will buy lithium from ioneer, which is advancing its Rhyolite Ridge project in Nevada. Other deals Ford announced were with Compass Minerals, Syrah Resources and Rio Tinto.

Keeping with the battery metals theme, Williams updated the Roundtable on the company's South Crofty tin project in south west England.