March 29, 2023 Sweden takes serious look at pros and cons of electric road systems ERS charge moving vehicles with either loops in or next to the road, or with wires suspended above vehicles, similar to trams and trains.
March 28, 2023 Nickel revolution has Indonesia chasing battery riches tinged with risk The new HPAL projects, and the surge of inexpensive metal from a country whose deposits have long been unloved by major producers, could push the market into oversupply.
March 28, 2023 Pilbara Minerals approves $375 million lithium expansion in Western Australia The investment in the Pilgan plant will help increase spodumene concentrate production by 47% to 1 million dry metric tonnes per annum.
March 28, 2023 Value of battery metals in newly-sold EVs tripled on rampant lithium, nickel prices MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index surged to just under $27 billion in 2022 thanks to surging lithium and nickel prices, but January saw a 50% month-on-month drop.
March 28, 2023 Pure Energy gets permits for DLE plant at Clayton Valley project in Nevada, stock soars Clayton Valley holdings adjoin and surround on three sides the Silver Peak lithium brine mine operated by Albemarle.
March 28, 2023 Standard Lithium claims North America’s ‘highest grade brine’ from sampling in East Texas Samples from the Smackover Formation all returned grades exceeding the average reported lithium analyses from other North American brine projects.
March 28, 2023 Nickel price extends rebound on short-covering, low stocks Prices jumped on Friday as inventories in warehouses linked to the Shanghai Futures Exchange slid to the lowest since July last year.
March 28, 2023 Merdeka Battery Materials plans $580 million IPO It will be the second nickel firm in Indonesia to go public this year after PT Trimegah Bangun Persada of the Harita conglomerate group.
March 28, 2023 US, Japan strike deal on supply of minerals for EV batteries EVs that use materials that have been collected or processed in Japan will be eligible for incentives under the IRA.
March 28, 2023 Biden tees up a supply chain rethink with challenge to China’s EVs Ford confirmed last month that it will tap technology from CATL for a $3.5 billion plant it’s building in Michigan.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
