March 7, 2023 Argentina moves to stop wetlands bill from foiling lithium boom The country has been working on legislation to protect its wetlands amid sprawling fires often blamed on farmers.
March 7, 2023 Tesla, GM follow own shareholders with push into lithium miners Investors and car makers continue to bet on lithium miners, wagering that a shift toward EVs will become a permanent trend.
March 7, 2023 Scientists work on solid-state battery that uses fewer ‘problem’ metals Researchers have developed a new strategy to build solid-state batteries that are less dependent on specific chemical elements, particularly expensive metals with supply chain issues.
March 6, 2023 Cobalt market saw record-breaking supply boom in 2022 Mined cobalt supply grew by 23% to 187,060 tons in 2022, in a supply swell that wiped out a large deficit seen in 2021.
March 6, 2023 Battery metals projects catch eye of pension funds and carmakers The rush for metals needed to power electric vehicles has “clearly brought the sector into a spotlight that it wasn’t in a few years ago,” BMO analyst says.
March 6, 2023 Palladium One grabs more critical minerals assets with acquisition of MetalCorp MetalCorp's main assets are the North Rock copper-nickel project and the Big Lake copper-zinc-gold-silver project in Ontario.
March 6, 2023 Ontario OKs Ring of Fire road review plan by First Nations The area’s most advanced project is Ring of Fire Metals’ Eagle’s Nest nickel project.
March 6, 2023 Newly discovered protein supports efficient refining of REEs Switzerland-based researchers discovered lanpepsy, a protein which specifies rare earth elements and discriminates them from other minerals and metals.
March 5, 2023 Shortage of metals for EVs is rising up the agenda in automakers’ C-suites Auto sector executives increasingly anxious about surging prices and tighter supply of metals used in electric vehicle batteries.
March 3, 2023 EU, US working on deal to make EV minerals eligible for tax credits The EU official said an agreement could come as early as next week.
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
