May 20, 2022 Tesla battles for battery engineers commanding CFO-like salaries In 2021, salaries for US battery engineers ranged from around $100,000 for a junior position to nearly $200,000 for a director.
May 20, 2022 Horizonte kicks off construction of Araguia nickel mine in Brazil The Araguaia nickel mine in northern Brazil is set to produce 29,000 tonnes of the battery metal a year for the steel market.
May 19, 2022 Tianqi produces Australia’s first battery grade lithium hydroxide TLEA’s Kwinana plant has met internal certification processes with the onsite laboratory confirming that battery-grade specification has been met on 10 tonnes of lithium hydroxide.
May 19, 2022 If Tesla isn’t good enough for an ESG index, then who is? Tesla’s removal this week from an industry benchmark index is raising new questions about what ESG actually means to investors.
May 19, 2022 SQM profit soars on high lithium prices Chile, the world's largest producer of lithium, has profited from the rising global demand for electric vehicles.
May 19, 2022 In Chile’s Atacama, lithium mining stirs fight over flamingos Flamingo numbers are falling, with a new study linking this to the water extracted by mining firms to pump up brine filled with lithium.
May 18, 2022 China CNGR expands nickel investments in Indonesia to meet EV demand CNGR Advanced Material will invest in three new projects in Indonesia to produce nickel matte.
May 18, 2022 Column: Nickel demand boomed in 2021; this year it will be supply Surplus or deficit? In nickel's current fractured state it could be both this year, writes Andy Home.
May 18, 2022 How ‘weak sustainability’ helps miners contribute to the UN development goals Researchers suggest that mining companies should focus on achieving ambitious yet realistic sustainability targets.
May 17, 2022 Metals scarcity could slow energy transition Solar panel market penetration requires hundreds of millions oz. more silver production, VRIC hears.
Codelco, SQM seal lithium venture in Chile’s Atacama desert NovaAndino Litio, the venture, will control all lithium exploration, production and sales in the Atacama salar until 2060. December 27, 2025 | 09:38 am
