June 14, 2023

India considers lithium mining royalty at 3% of LME price

The government is expected to auction a newly found lithium blocks, with estimated reserves of 5.9 million tonnes, later this year.

June 14, 2023

Volkswagen subsidy to cost Canada $1.8bn more than forecast

Discrepancy comes from how Canadian subsidies may affect the company’s tax treatment compared to American incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act.

June 13, 2023

Nominee to be next US ambassador to Malaysia sees rare earths potential

Edgard Kagan, a career diplomat, told his Senate confirmation hearing that developing new sources for critical minerals was a very high priority.

June 13, 2023

EU, Argentina sign raw materials MOU with lithium in focus

The MoU comes as the EU and South America's Mercosur bloc push towards finalizing a trade deal.

June 13, 2023

EV Nickel doubles Shaw Dome resource in Ontario

An updated resource adds more than 24 million tonnes of contained metal.

June 13, 2023

Billionaire Forrest calls Musk a ‘muppet’ over fuel cell doubts

Andrew Forrest, founder of Fortescue Metals, said doubters of hydrogen fuel-cell technology, including Elon, are “muppets.”

June 13, 2023

Lithium Americas produces first carbonate at Caucharí-Olaroz

The output quality was lower than battery-standard lithium carbonate, but is part of the Argentinean mine commissioning process.

June 12, 2023

Hastings Technology Metals to supply rare earths to Neo Performance

Deal is to negotiate the supply of rare earth concentrate from Hasting’s Yangibana project in Western Australia.

June 12, 2023

Visualizing the world’s largest lithium producers

The global lithium-ion battery market was valued at $52 billion in 2022 and is expected to reach $194 billion in 2030.

June 12, 2023

Cobalt price has fallen nearly 30% this year

Goldman Sachs is forecasting softness for battery metals including cobalt, lithium and nickel in the second half of 2023 amid an oversupply.