February 22, 2022 Biden set to tout US progress on critical minerals production Biden himself has said little about why his administration has blocked some mines while touting the need to boost domestic production of critical minerals.
February 22, 2022 Volkswagen plans IPO of Porsche to ignite EV shift momentum While the timing of a sale remains in flux, the IPO could happen in the second half of this year.
February 21, 2022 Electric vehicle battery demand surge supercharges nickel Nickel rose to its highest level in more than a decade on Monday morning.
February 21, 2022 Mercedes-Benz foresees EV-only production lines within a few years It expects to have factories producing exclusively electric vehicles by the second half of the decade.
February 20, 2022 New project to investigate if California’s Lithium Valley is world’s largest brine source of lithium A $1.2 million project has been launched to both quantify and characterize the lithium resource in the Salton Sea geothermal field in California.
February 18, 2022 Lithium prices rise on tight supply, strong China demand Chinese market participants were surprised that prices continued to rise rapidly after the recent Lunar New Year holidays.
February 18, 2022 Brazil’s Minas Gerais state to sell stake in lithium miner The mining state is looking to sell its 33% holding in CBL, Brazil’s only producer of lithium carbonate and hydroxide.
February 18, 2022 Global EV sales jumped in 2021, as did deployment of high nickel battery chemistries Adamas Intelligence reports that 54% of battery capacity deployed onto roads globally in new plug-in electric vehicles was powered by high nickel cathode chemistries.
February 17, 2022 France should start mining lithium at home, minister says Almost all the critical minerals currently come from outside the continent, with China dominating the global supply chain.
February 17, 2022 China’s renewables boom year poses major challenges to western markets Balancing reliance on China’s technology providers with local interests is now a key political as well as environmental challenge, says Wood Mackenzie.
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
