February 26, 2021 Nickel, cobalt price: 10 charts show China’s grip on battery supply chain to last decades Beijing's response to Biden executive order on critical minerals: "Artificial efforts to shift these chains and to decouple is not realistic."
February 26, 2021 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Freeport to expand US copper mines as Biden moves to electrify the nation; Minnesota court hands victory to PolyMet copper-nickel project; Sibanye-Stillwater to invest in European lithium company.
February 26, 2021 Musk says nickel price is ‘biggest concern’ for electric-car batteries Tesla CEO said that the company is shifting some cars to a type of battery that uses iron instead.
February 26, 2021 Orocobre forecasts higher lithium prices as market outlook brightens The lithium and borax miner said net loss after tax widened to $29.1 million for the half-year ended Dec. 31, from $18.9 million last year.
February 26, 2021 Indonesia says “ready to fight” EU at WTO over nickel export curbs Indonesia banned ore exports last year to incentivise foreign investors to help develop a full nickel supply chain in the country.
February 26, 2021 Canada losing ground on new mining projects – report The Mining Association of Canada says the total 10-year projected value of $82 billion for new projects remains nearly 50% below the 2014 level of $160 billion.
February 25, 2021 Base and Battery Metals Snapshot: Eight companies pursuing critical minerals Base and battery metals exploration and development assets in North America that are on investors’ radar screens.
February 25, 2021 China says Biden bid to shift US supply chains unrealistic Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the measures “will not help solve domestic problems” and only harm global trade.
February 25, 2021 Tesla to cut Model 3 production in US for two weeks One person said a chip shortage may have affected the production cutback, which would last until March 7.
February 25, 2021 Hyundai’s $900m recall shows EV glory is no one-way road Company's recall of nearly 82,000 electric vehicles highlights how costly the shift to the industry’s new frontier can be for all the automakers piling in, both to their balance sheets…
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am
