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.