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.
May 17, 2022 Electric vehicles surpass phones as top driver of cobalt demand The EV sector consumed 59,000 tonnes of cobalt in 2021, or 34% of total demand, according to a report by the Cobalt Institute.
May 17, 2022 Europe’s first homegrown battery plant begins shipments Northvolt AB became the first European firm to start commercial shipments to a carmaker last week.
May 17, 2022 China, US are racing to make billions from mining the moon’s minerals Unlike in the era of Sputnik and Apollo, the world’s top superpowers can’t even agree on basic principles to govern the next generation of space activity.
May 17, 2022 Zinc joins battery race in the US Two US-based companies joined forces to push for the use of zinc alkaline batteries in clean energy storage solutions.
May 16, 2022 Nouveau Monde and Mason Graphite set to form JV to advance Lac Guéret in Quebec The property covers 40 sqkm and has a resource estimate of 65.5 million tonnes grading 17.2% graphitic carbon.
May 16, 2022 Battery boom pulls trading giant Trafigura into lithium business The agreement to back the plant being developed by startup Green Lithium brings the world’s top independent commodities trader into a market struggling to create new supply.
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
