February 16, 2022 Tesla secures 5-year lithium supply from Liontown Australia's Liontown Resources will provide the EV giant with more 100,000 tonnes of lithium spodumene concentrate a year, starting in 2024.
February 16, 2022 VW set to boost output, pick new EV plant site, amid chip crunch It plans build a new state-of-the-art car factory close to its headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany, to raise its game as electric-vehicle rival Tesla TSLA.O builds a plant near Berlin.
February 15, 2022 Syrah Resources to expand Louisiana graphite processing facility Syrah will add 180,000 square feet of real estate to its existing 50,000 square-foot Louisiana facility.
February 15, 2022 Lithium supply crunch Part II – this time it’s for real Scarcity of what is a critical input for EV batteries could potentially act as a powerful brake on e-mobility, writes Andy Home.
February 15, 2022 Britishvolt secures $54 million from Glencore for UK gigafactory Glencore's backing is part of the battery plant developer’s £200 million Series C fundraising led by Bank of America.
February 15, 2022 Sumitomo to spend big to boost output of nickel, battery materials The Japanese miner it will triple its capital expenditure over the next three years to boost its output capacity of nickel and cathode materials used in batteries.
February 15, 2022 Glencore earmarks $1.5 billion for probes amid record profit The world’s biggest commodity trader expects long-running corruption investigations in the US and the UK to be resolved this year.
February 14, 2022 Solid-state sodium batteries get a makeover Swiss researchers developed a more efficient solid electrolyte and defined the ideal pressure to be applied to sodium batteries for them to operate efficiently.
February 13, 2022 Market interest in silicon, lithium-metal battery anodes only growing – report The promise of higher energy density batteries is making a growing number of companies focus on silicon and lithium-metal anode materials, IDTechEx reports.
February 11, 2022 Lithium: Spot prices soar on Lunar New Year Fastmarkets spot lithium prices surge on lower production.
Trump asks for talks with US partners to adjust imports of processed critical minerals US President Donald Trump has determined it is necessary to negotiate with trading partners. January 14, 2026 | 02:39 pm
