June 11, 2023 Greenpeace Mexico launches campaign against deep-sea mining The international NGO says article 20 of Mexico’s new Mining Law forbids deep-sea mining in Mexican waters and that the country should push for a global moratorium.
June 9, 2023 GM embraces Tesla’s EV charging system, Wall Street cheers Tesla Superchargers account for about 60% of the total fast chargers in the US and Canada.
June 9, 2023 Norway considers opening Germany-sized area to deep-sea mining The country’s energy ministry plans to submit to parliament in the next two weeks a proposal to open an area close to Svalbard to applications for exploration and extraction.
June 8, 2023 Nickel Industries plans to raise $633 million through share placement The Sydney-based miner has been working towards developing nickel for batteries.
June 8, 2023 EV sales are soaring and oil use is about to peak The share of electric vehicles in sales of new passenger vehicles is set to more than double globally in the next few years — to 30% in 2026.
June 8, 2023 US, UK discuss need to strengthen critical mineral supply chains Biden said a "key piece" of protecting technologies that are key to the national security interests of both countries.
June 8, 2023 Namibia bans export of unprocessed critical minerals The southern African country has significant deposits of lithium as well as rare earth minerals.
June 8, 2023 Lithium shortages could hand salt a starring role in EV shift Carmakers who faced skyrocketing prices for lithium and other battery metals last year could increasingly adopt sodium-based cells in the future.
June 8, 2023 Carbon capture tests results better than anticipated for Canada Nickel The process at the Crawford nickel project can store 1.0 million tonnes of carbon annually.
June 8, 2023 Tonnes of cobalt could be mined in Idaho but processing facilities still lacking — study Researchers say that although there is potential for cobalt extraction from the Idaho Cobalt Belt, the question of how to process it remains unanswered.
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