January 23, 2020

Mercedes halves EV production target due to battery shortage

The launch of the EQC has been hampered by production problems.

January 23, 2020

Germany wants Bolivia’s new government to revise scrapped lithium deal

The project is considered vital for the German auto industry's plans to develop electric batteries.

January 22, 2020

Niobium in EV batteries – what’s to come for CBMM

Roskill issued a report analyzing future prospects for the Brazilian company.

January 21, 2020

India’s electric car ambitions could stumble on lack of lithium

Several plans are under way to build lithium-ion battery factories in India.

January 19, 2020

Lithium industry in a waiting game – report

As prices go down, miners are expecting that strategies to reduce oversupply eventually work.

January 16, 2020

Battery nickel price regains premium over metal

Nickel sulphate is back to trading at a premium to the metal in China and should stay there on expected BHP Nickel West delays, says new report.

January 16, 2020

Bolivia’s new lithium tsar says country should go it alone

Bolivia has been producing around 400 metric tones of lithium per year in a test site.

January 16, 2020

Noram encouraged by drill results at Nevada lithium project

The Canadian miner said its drill program yielded higher results than the current inferred resource.

January 15, 2020

Cobalt price: After dismal 2019, could Tesla-Glencore deal spark turnaround?

Even before the rumoured deal, more than 80% of the world's largest cobalt miner's output was tied up for years to come, a new report shows.

January 15, 2020

Congo opens Chinese-owned Deziwa copper and cobalt mine

The deposit, around 35 kilometres east of Kolwezi, is estimated to hold 4.6 million tonnes of copper and 420,000 tonnes of cobalt.