April 27, 2022 Iron man Elon Musk places his Tesla battery bets Nearly half of the vehicles Tesla produced in Q1 were equipped with LFP batteries - a cheaper rival to the nickel-and-cobalt-based cells that dominate in the West.
April 27, 2022 Column: Automakers go back to the future to secure battery metals Henry Ford was right all along, it turns out.
April 27, 2022 Australian universities get $173m in funding to turn critical minerals into products, services The funds will go towards the development of the Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Trailblazer hub.
April 27, 2022 Apple, Tesla, Intel could be using conflict minerals due to faulty scheme Global Witness says it is not the companies but the ITSCI certification scheme they rely on to vet their suppliers where the problem lies.
April 25, 2022 Rosatom, Nornickel to develop lithium project in Russia The two Russian companies plan to develop the Kolmozerskoye lithium deposit in the country’s northwestern Murmansk region.
April 25, 2022 Sumitomo abandons Pomalaa nickel project in Indonesia The Japanese miner cited a disagreement with its partner PT Vale Indonesia as main reason for the move.
April 24, 2022 Head of Mexico City government compares lithium nationalization to that of oil 84 years ago Claudia Sheinbaum compared the initiative of Andrés Manuel López Obrador to that General Lázaro Cárdenas pushed in 1938.
April 24, 2022 Lithium Energy, Hanaq Group join forces to explore lithium deposits in Argentina Lithium Energy and Hanaq Group want to find new lithium deposits in the Olaroz-Cauchari endorheic basin, located in Argentina’s northwestern Jujuy province.
April 24, 2022 New copper-nickel ink for printed electronics resists oxidation Japanese researchers have partnered with Sumitomo Metal Mining to dig deep into the development of a cheaper, more stable ink that may help popularize printed electronics.
April 21, 2022 Musk wants more lithium for EVs but very few places have it Elon Musk wants more lithium, but only a handful of countries can supply the material key to the electrification of transportation, at least for now.
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
