March 17, 2022

Ontario aims to boost EV industry as it announces first critical minerals strategy  

Ontario has identified 33 critical minerals, including nickel, cobalt, lithium, and rare earth elements. It produced about C$3.5 billion worth of critical minerals in 2020.

March 17, 2022

Eramet, Suez eye EV battery recycling in France by 2024

The joint project would produce black mass, a metal concentrate containing nickel, cobalt, manganese, lithium and graphite that is suitable for hydrometallurgical refining.

March 17, 2022

VW joins sustainable mining initiative to boost scrutiny

Other carmaker members of IRMA include General Motors and Ford.

March 17, 2022

Carbon-neutral biosurfactants may help boost mineral extraction from low-grade ores

“The world’s growing reliance on minerals and metals in the transition to a clean energy future is exceeding current extraction capabilities."

March 16, 2022

Mercedes opens battery plant for Alabama-made electric SUVs

The German manufacturer will produce lithium-ion batteries at the new Bibb County plant, and start making all-electric EQS and EQE sport utility models at its existing factory in Tuscaloosa in…

March 16, 2022

Nickel price chaos continues – LME trading halted after only 1,236 tonnes change hands

Nickel price drops to limit down at $45,590 a tonne during what was only a few seconds of trading on Wednesday.

March 16, 2022

New insights into how to discover porphyry-type copper deposits

Porphyry-type deposits provide most of the world's copper and molybdenum, as well as large amounts of gold and other metals.

March 15, 2022

Gravity-defying lithium price rally continues with “little relief in sight”

Chinese lithium prices double again in 2022, Benchmark’s mid-March assessment shows with seasonal restart of domestic brine supply unlikely to counter growing deficits.

March 15, 2022

VW is already sold out of some electric models for the year

Europe’s biggest automaker is pushing ahead with the industry’s biggest rollout of electric cars to challenge Tesla.

March 15, 2022

Non-lithium battery chemistries to grow in importance for stationary energy storage sector – report

IDTechEx predicts alternatives to Li-ion are set to play an increasingly important role due to their potential for improving cost and safety, easing material supply burdens, and less demanding requirements…