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.

June 24, 2019

US waives tariffs on Japanese aluminum for Tesla battery cells

The U.S. Commerce Department has agreed to Tesla's request to waive 10% tariffs on imported aluminum from Japan.

June 24, 2019

Chinese rare earth magnet producer to expand as EV demand booms

The importance of rare earths, has been thrust into the spotlight in recent weeks as China mulls whether to use its position as the world’s dominant supplier as a counter…

June 23, 2019

China’s Chengtun starts construction of 60,000-tonnes lithium project

The project is expected to produce 30,000 tonnes of lithium, 20,000 tonnes of battery-level lithium hydroxide and 10,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate.