March 17, 2021 Natural anode-grade graphite to enter the EV race Urbix has developed a spheroidization process to make natural anode-grade graphite compete with synthetic anodes.
March 16, 2021 EV Metal Index doubles year-on-year as lithium, cobalt prices rally Despite a big drop from December’s blowout high, January 2021 still ranks as the fourth best month for the MINING.COM EV Metal Index thanks to rising cobalt, nickel and lithium…
March 16, 2021 Nickel demand for EVs to outpace lithium and cobalt – report Fitch expects nickel demand for EV battery manufacturing to average 29% annual growth rate until 2030.
March 16, 2021 Silkroad to supply 2.7m tonnes nickel ore to Tsingshan Tsingshan uses nickel ore to make stainless steel raw material nickel pig iron (NPI) in Indonesia.
March 16, 2021 Clayton Valley lithium project closer to maiden resource estimate Spearmint's recently completed 10-hole drill program in Nevada discovered lithium in every hole.
March 16, 2021 What countries will fight over when green energy dominates A growing number of research organizations, universities and governments have started gaming out the gritty geopolitical implications of a globe dominated by green energy.
March 15, 2021 Lithium prices continue to soar – up 88% in 2021 Benchmark says some Chinese lithium carbonate producers are putting up sold out signs as domestic prices surge to two-year highs.
March 15, 2021 Canada unveils its 2021 critical mineral list Canada can leverage its mining and processing expertise as well as its natural resource endowment and its world-leading environmental, social, and governance credentials.
March 15, 2021 Interview: Clean TeQ’s Sunrise battery materials complex in Australia is construction ready Project in New South Wales is one of the largest nickel/cobalt deposits in the world and one of the largest and highest grade accumulations of scandium ever discovered.
March 15, 2021 Electric cars will cost more using ethically sourced batteries The European Union’s efforts to ethically source a key battery metal face headwinds that could make it more expensive for automakers to go electric.
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