Battery Metals Top Stories

Britain’s accelerating transition to electric cars

Ultra-low emission vehicles accounted for nearly 7% of all new cars registered during the first quarter of 2020.

Reuters | June 30, 2020 | 10:39 am

Why LFP cathode material is making a comeback

A whitepaper by Roskill explains why Tesla, BYD and Volkswagen…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 30, 2020 | 6:10 am

EU climate transition needs mineral miners, not coal miners

The EU has proposed a $44.9 billion fund that could…

Reuters | June 29, 2020 | 11:29 am

House Democrats will call for 100% clean cars by 2035

The plan also sets a goal of achieving net-zero emissions…

Bloomberg News | June 29, 2020 | 9:01 am

Renewables sector falling short on human rights

New benchmark assesses 16 of world’s largest publicly-traded wind and…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 28, 2020 | 4:01 pm

MINING.COM EV Metal Index drops to 28-month low

Price declines for lithium, graphite, cobalt and nickel have slowed, but raw material deployment is tanking.

Frik Els | June 26, 2020 | 1:35 pm

Shrinking aerospace demand to keep pressure on cobalt

Metal prices are at 10-month lows due to lower demand from the electric vehicle and aerospace sectors amid the pandemic.

Reuters | June 26, 2020 | 10:10 am

Orocobre expects June quarter lithium sales to plunge

It warned that total sales volume would more than halve for the period.

Reuters | June 25, 2020 | 8:38 am

Demand for EV raw materials to spike – report

United Nations says global market for cathode to reach $58 billion by 2024.

MINING.com Editor | June 24, 2020 | 12:14 pm

First Cobalt steps up on ESG practice

Company intends to qualify its refinery for the Responsible Minerals Initiative.

Jackson Chen | June 24, 2020 | 11:00 am

Attack on coltan mine in Congo leaves three dead

It is unclear what happened at SMB's mine as company and unions gave different accounts.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 24, 2020 | 10:29 am

Pancontinental drops battery metals projects to focus on gold

The Canadian company wants to focus on two gold projects in South Carolina.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 24, 2020 | 6:20 am

Argentina approves Millennial Lithium’s environmental impact assessment for Pastos Grandes

The EIA approval allows for a 24,000-tonne-per-year battery-grade lithium carbonate production facility to be built and operated on Pastos Grandes.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 24, 2020 | 6:16 am

Experts call for plan to protect deep-sea life from mining

Mining the sea floor opens a vast source of key metals needed for clean energy, but should start after a full evaluation of likely environmental impacts, report shows.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 24, 2020 | 3:55 am

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Britain’s accelerating transition to electric cars

Why LFP cathode material is making a comeback

EU climate transition needs mineral miners, not coal miners

House Democrats will call for 100% clean cars by 2035

Renewables sector falling short on human rights

MINING.COM EV Metal Index drops to 28-month low

Shrinking aerospace demand to keep pressure on cobalt

Orocobre expects June quarter lithium sales to plunge

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