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…
October 29, 2021 Miners look to carbon capture to move beyond net zero The global race to carbon neutrality is a double-edged sword for the metals and mining sector, writes Andy Home.
October 29, 2021 Nickel, cobalt allow for cheaper, more efficient green hydrogen production A team at Curtin University found that poor-performing iron-sulfur becomes an efficient catalyst for green hydrogen production with added nickel and cobalt.
October 28, 2021 COP26 will be a colossal mining cop-out New report lays out how the green energy transition “starts and ends with metals” but the required exponential growth in mining is a glaring hole in US and global decarbonisation…
October 28, 2021 Sibanye-Stillwater CEO outlines strategy on green energy metals "Core to our strategy is embedding ESG excellence as the way we do business and that’s evolved into a sustainability strategy," Neal Froneman says.
October 28, 2021 Vulcan Energy rejects short-seller report Shares in Vulcan stopped trading on Wednesday after having soared 82% this year.
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