June 22, 2021 Rare earths developer Arafura to raise $30m for Australian project The United States earlier this month said it would work with allies to secure the minerals needed for electric vehicle batteries and process them domestically.
June 22, 2021 Sayona continues to pursue North American Lithium Sayona says it has the support of NAL’s secured creditors.
June 22, 2021 Daimler plans to produce its own battery cells, report says The BI report comes a week after reports of the Mercedes-Benz maker phasing out conventional powertrains in its cars.
June 22, 2021 What’s happening with Tesla’s $7 billion German ‘gigafactory’? Tesla has already pushed back the expected opening to late 2021.
June 22, 2021 Korean scientists develop cheap, high-performance anode for sodium-ion batteries Researchers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology created a sodium high-capacity material that can store 1.5 times more electricity than the graphite anode.
June 22, 2021 Resource estimate for Hautalampi Co-Ni-Cu project shoots up Eurobattery Minerals and FinnCobalt said total resource tonnage has doubled and contained metal tonnes increased some 50%.
June 21, 2021 Glencore to reopen one of world’s biggest cobalt mines Glencore said in August 2019 that it would close the mine for two years to carry out care and maintenance.
June 21, 2021 Varta to supply high-performance battery cells to Porsche European carmakers are hoping to cut dependence on Asian cell suppliers as they roll out all-electric models to meet stricter emissions targets in the EU.
June 21, 2021 EV Metal Index jumps 375% year-on-year as lithium price rally continues MINING.COM’s tracker of the value of battery metals in newly sold electric cars surges from pandemic lows, hitting third best month on record as lithium prices continue to rally.
June 21, 2021 RANKED: World’s top ten biggest nickel mines The metal plays a key role in the global transition to clean energy and demand from the EV sector alone is expected to grow by 2.6Mt to 2040.
Codelco, SQM seal lithium venture in Chile’s Atacama desert NovaAndino Litio, the venture, will control all lithium exploration, production and sales in the Atacama salar until 2060. December 27, 2025 | 09:38 am