January 11, 2023

Ivanhoe Electric ties up with Saudi Arabia’s Ma’aden

The companies have formed a 50/50 joint venture to explore for metals considered key for the global energy transition.

January 10, 2023

India’s foray into the EV battery market lacks some key ingredients

The government has unveiled incentives of at least $3.4 billion to expedite its lagging adoption of EVs.

January 10, 2023

Vale evaluates offers for $2.5 billion base metals unit

Vale Base Metals, to be based in the UK, will have nickel mines in Canada and Indonesia, copper mines in Brazil, and interests in cobalt and platinum group metals.

January 10, 2023

Europe needs to invest over €300 billion in the next two years to reach climate goals — study

Researchers say the most dramatic increase in the need for investment is in power generation from renewable energies. 

January 9, 2023

Top 50 mining companies in 2022: coal, lithium win big, China investors lose out

Commodity prices are always volatile, but in 2022 metal and mining markets reached new levels of turbulence, as the pandemic played out in China and the Ukraine war upended global…

January 9, 2023

Britishvolt in talks for majority sale to consortium

Britishvolt’s investors include mining giant Glencore, which was among the lenders that provided emergency funding to the company late last year.

January 9, 2023

Chinese lithium miner sees prices down 25% in balm for EV makers

Prices have already softened after a spectacular two-year rally.

January 9, 2023

Stellantis seals batteries material deal with Element 25

Element 25 will supply Stellantis with high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate to be used in battery packs.

January 9, 2023

Researchers solve major issues blocking development of lithium-sulphur batteries

A new redox-active layer adds energy storage capacity and suppresses corrosion in lithium-sulphur batteries.

January 8, 2023

Scientists one step closer to turning coal into graphite

A team at Ohio University carried out a series of simulations showing how coal can be converted to valuable—and carbon-neutral—materials.