February 12, 2021 Nickel price: Indonesia confirms Tesla talks An Indonesian official has confirmed earlier reports that the government will begin early talks with Tesla.
February 12, 2021 Cornish Lithium speeds up hard rock project development Drilling campaign to contribute to first reportable mineral resource and assist in determining best extraction method.
February 11, 2021 Nickel price at highest since 2014 amid growing EV battery demand Nickel has quietly been going neck-in-neck with copper since the start of the base metals rally.
February 11, 2021 Nickel pig iron producers eye up electric vehicle battery market Nickel is a key component of the lithium-ion rechargeable batteries used to power electric vehicles.
February 11, 2021 Vision Lithium produces 99.99% pure Li₂CO₃ from Sirmac, stock explodes The Sirmac property is located approximately 200 km south of Nemaska's Whabouchi lithium mine in Quebec.
February 10, 2021 EV metal index beats record by 54% as electric cars reach tipping point MINING.COM EV Metal Index surges to over $500m of lithium, graphite, cobalt and nickel in newly-sold electric cars worldwide in one month as prices continue to climb and deployment smashes…
February 10, 2021 American Lithium to acquire Plateau Energy amid EV boom The agreement will consolidate two "significant and strategic" undeveloped lithium assets in the Americas.
February 10, 2021 Bacanora Lithium kicks off work at Mexico project Heavy equipment will start the bulk site earthworks at the Sonora lithium project later in the year.
February 10, 2021 Tesla deployed more EV battery materials than its four closest competitors combined in 2020 Tesla’s large deployment of battery metals is explained by the rolling out of its made-in-China Model 3s.
February 9, 2021 CATL to make additional investment in Neo Lithium CATL will participate in Neo's recently announced financing and maintain an 8% equity interest.
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