July 5, 2019 UN deep sea mining body rejects Greenpeace criticism The ISA says it has the right to set the rules as it is a transparent public forum of consensus-building by the international community and in compliance with international law.
July 5, 2019 Tsingshan, partners face cost hike at Indonesia battery chemicals plant – sources Sources say the price tag may be $1 billion or more.
July 3, 2019 Australia govt’s lithium price outlook is bleak Top exporter Australia predicts a 26% rise in lithium stockpiles in 2019 – that's 2.5 years of consumption.
July 3, 2019 Europe thinks like China in building its own battery industry In the past few months, government officials have joined with manufacturers, development banks and commercial lenders on measures that will channel more than 100 billion euros ($113 billion) into a…
July 2, 2019 Nouveau Monde raises C$22m for next phase of Matawinie graphite project The Matawinie project has been the subject of a feasibility study for an all-electric, open pit mine.
June 27, 2019 Toyota to invest $2bn in developing electric vehicles in Indonesia The Japanese carmaker said this month that it aimed for half its global sales to be from electric vehicles by 2025, five years ahead of schedule.
June 27, 2019 Japan secures rare earth supply for longer through Lynas funding It means the Asian nation now has a larger and lengthier hold on the company’s rare earths output.
June 26, 2019 Why Goldman thinks nickel is trading like a biotech start-up — opinion Nickel is defying both the general macroeconomic concerns weighing on other industrial metals and signs its own internal dynamics are weakening.
June 25, 2019 Massive solar storage project planned for Nevada desert The projects mark one of the the biggest expansions of solar and storage ever proposed in the US.
June 24, 2019 France’s Eramet gives go-ahead to lithium project in Argentina The miner expects to invest 525 million euros in the Centenario deposit with the aim of producing 24,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent per year.
Silver price suffers biggest loss since 2021, gold price falls from record Earlier, spot prices had soared to as high as $83.63 per ounce. December 29, 2025 | 08:54 am
