July 23, 2021

Tight battery market is next test for EVs after chip crisis

Rising demand from electric vehicles and challenges in securing raw materials will deliver a battery supply crunch for automakers, according to a key Chinese manufacturer.

July 22, 2021

How transition metals destabilize high-energy-density li-ion batteries

Japanese scientists discovered that high-valent transition metals destabilize lattice oxygen in oxide-based battery materials.

July 19, 2021

EV Metal Index quadruples year-on-year as lithium, nickel prices rally

MINING.COM’s tracker of the value of battery metals in newly sold electric cars surges from pandemic lows, grows 18% month-month as lithium and nickel prices resume upward march.

July 19, 2021

China Moly’s Congo mine expansion project starts trial production

The expansion project of the TFM mine is expected to produce 88,500 tonnes of copper cathode and 7,280 tonnes of cobalt hydroxide.

July 17, 2021

New York beating London as trading hub for booming cobalt market

Trading activity in CME’s contract has been gathering steam since its launch in December.

July 16, 2021

Dawn of a mining supercycle. Are you taking the fizz?

MINING.COM takes issue with a new white paper by Wood Mackenzie forecasting the varying impacts of the green energy transition on metals and mining demand.

July 16, 2021

Small miners aim for European supply chain for EV independent from China

Growing demand for electric vehicles has spurred small-scale miners of the lithium, cobalt and rare earths.

July 15, 2021

Next mining supercycle will be different than any other — report

Fossil fuels won’t be in the vanguard and the winners will be the industrial metals needed to electrify society, Wood Mackenzie says.

July 15, 2021

UK fraud unit finds alleged bribe network behind cobalt hub

Prosecutors have told Swiss authorities they have proof of an alleged money-laundering ring spanning from Africa to Europe.

July 15, 2021

Congo’s cobalt monopoly to set price floor for artisanal miners

The state cobalt buyer will put in place a price floor of $30,000 a tonne for the cobalt it buys from artisanal miners.