October 25, 2022 Why Freeland’s “friend-shoring” is such a bad idea Friend-shoring sounds good, but its harmful effects far outnumber its benefits.
October 25, 2022 Europe’s first lithium mine agrees to merge with Sizzle SPAC A unit of Australian miner European Lithium Ltd. has agreed to go public on Nasdaq through a merger with blank-check company Sizzle Acquisition Corp.
October 25, 2022 Volkswagen: we have never had supply chain shortages like today "We never used to talk to mining operators - now we know their business model," chief Murat Aksel said.
October 24, 2022 Analysis: Biden’s EV minerals cash fruitless without permitting reform President Joe Biden last week doled out $2.8-billion to miners developing new US sources of lithium, nickel, copper, and other EV minerals.
October 24, 2022 Trafigura and EVelution Energy plan to develop cobalt plant EVelution Energy is expected to start construction of the plant in Arizona in late 2023.
October 24, 2022 France’s Imerys wants to become leading lithium producer in Europe Company said results of surveys carried out at its Beauvoir mine allow it to produce 34,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide for at least 25 years.
October 24, 2022 Metal-CO2 batteries closer to becoming a thing There is now an innovative way to overcome the energy efficiency issues that so far have plagued metal-carbon dioxide batteries.
October 23, 2022 Scientists want to produce cosmic mineral to replace REEs in industrial magnets Researchers are looking to decouple rare earths from magnet production.
October 21, 2022 Rio Tinto seeks pitches from bankers for lithium deals in battery metal foray Rio Tinto is the only one of the world’s biggest diversified miners looking to start mining lithium.
October 21, 2022 Lithium-oxygen batteries one step closer to moving out of the lab A recent development may provide clues for engineering Mn-based materials with a defined crystal facet for high-performance Li-O2 batteries.
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am
