April 29, 2022

Opinion: World lacks time, not minerals for climate-saving technology

The Russian invasion of Ukraine, covid-related supply chain disruptions, and rising inflation have all fuelled a narrative that the clean energy transition will be highly inflationary.

April 28, 2022

Rubio questions Volkswagen’s ties to metal suppliers in China over human rights

The probe is part of a broader debate over humanitarian issues in supply chains for materials needed in clean energy technology.

April 28, 2022

Vale Indonesia, Huayou sign deal to build Pomalaa nickel plant

They will develop a facility known for a process called high-pressure acid leaching (HPAL), with a potential mixed hydroxide precipitate production capacity of 120,000 tonnes of nickel content per year.

April 27, 2022

GM says it has battery metals secured as industry frets supply

GM’s chief executive officer is confident the automaker will have enough materials to build 400,000 electric vehicles this year and in 2023.

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.