November 2, 2021 UN at COP26: “Enough of mining…we are digging our own graves” It did not take long for COP26 to turn into a farce with UN Secretary General António Guterres pleading with the gathered highnesses and excellencies to declare enough is enough.
November 2, 2021 Orford, Wyloo Metals partner to explore West Raglan nickel project in Quebec West Raglan covers just under 84,000 hectares and is 70 km west of Glencore’s Raglan mine, the biggest nickel producer in Quebec.
November 1, 2021 Vale’s Long Harbour nickel two-thirds less CO2 intensive than industry average Vale has pledged up to $6 billion to cut Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon emissions by 33% by 2030.
November 1, 2021 Europe’s EV battery strategy threatened by supply chain gaps, Eramet says Eramet is struggling to attract investment from its home region to process its overseas nickel, lithium and cobalt reserves into battery materials.
November 1, 2021 Lithium Americas trumps CATL with $400 million offer to buy Millennial Lithium The offer represents a 22.1% premium over CATL's previous bid of C$377 million.
November 1, 2021 Ganfeng Lithium lands three-year supply deal with Tesla The Chinese firm will provide battery grade lithium hydroxide products to the electric vehicle maker from 2022 to 2024.
October 31, 2021 While China will continue to use rare earths in EVs, Europe trying different options – report According to IDTechEx, Europe is making efforts to decrease the utilization of magnetic materials and especially heavy rare earths in its electric vehicles.
October 31, 2021 ‘Ultimate’ anode for next-generation batteries to become more efficient Korean researchers found that diluted high concentration electrolytes improve the performance of lithium metal batteries.
October 30, 2021 Ramu nickel-cobalt suspension trims output by 3,300-3,800t Ramu NiCo Management suspended operations on Friday and hopes to resume normal operation in early November.
October 29, 2021 Inexorable decline of EV battery prices coming to an end – report EV battery costs were approaching parity with gas-powered cars, but Benchmark believes decline may be at an end as lithium prices surge 313% in a year and cobalt, nickel prices…
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