March 9, 2021 AVZ Minerals secures second agreement for spodumene AVZ said the second offtake agreement with the Chinese lithium products maker was for the supply of up to 180,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate per year from it's Manono Lithium…
March 8, 2021 Tesla is plugging a secret mega-battery into the Texas grid A Tesla subsidiary registered as Gambit Energy Storage LLC is quietly building a more than 100 megawatt energy storage project in Angleton, Texas.
March 8, 2021 This is how China plans to be greener by 2025 The country plans to reduce carbon emissions per unit of gross domestic product by 18% through 2025.
March 8, 2021 Ganfeng joins China Minmetals lithium salt lake project for $225m The move will give Ganfeng, one of the world's top producers of lithium chemicals used in EV batteries, its first salt lake asset in China.
March 5, 2021 EV rollout will require huge investments in strained US power grids During several days of brutal cold in Texas, the city of Austin saw its fleet of 12 new electric buses rendered inoperative by a statewide power outage.
March 5, 2021 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Resource nationalism surge spells rough times for miners; Rio Tinto, Mongolia reach new Oyu Tolgoi expansion plan deal; Copper price crashes through $4.00, down 7%.
March 5, 2021 Nickel price slumps as electric dreams are rudely disturbed The metal has endured its worst week in almost ten years, with the London Metal Exchange (LME) price collapsing by 16% in the space of two days.
March 5, 2021 Rock and heavy metal: winners emerge in energy transition As world economies shift to more electrification and away from fossil fuels to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, expect more copper mining and interest in metals like cobalt and…
March 5, 2021 Tesla gets involved in New Caledonia mine to secure nickel supply Tesla will be a “technical and industrial partner" in the Goro nickel mine, which is being acquired by a consortium led by Trafigura.
March 5, 2021 Metal that worries Tesla most is getting much cheaper Nickel tumbled after a major Chinese producer’s unexpected plan to add supply eased concerns about a deficit.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am