June 15, 2021 Britain in talks with 6 firms about building gigafactories for EV batteries Ford, Nissan, LG and Samsung, Britishvolt and InoBat Auto are in talks with the British government or local authorities about locations for potential factories and financial support.
June 15, 2021 Canada, EU in raw materials pact to cut China reliance “We as Europeans want to diversify our imports away from producers like China because we want more sustainability, less environmental damage and we want transparency on raw materials.”
June 15, 2021 Cobalt ‘bubble’ will burst, Ivanhoe executive in Congo says The head of the chamber of mines in the DRC suggests investors focus instead on Congo’s copper.
June 15, 2021 Volkswagen seeks partners for battery metals race Volkswagen aims to overtake Tesla as the global EV leader by the middle of the decade.
June 15, 2021 Dodging high-risk areas does not guarantee clean metals supply chain — report According to European law firm Fieldfisher, avoiding high-risk areas does not guarantee every operator in the supply chain will be free from links to unethical or illegal activity.
June 14, 2021 Voisey’s Bay underground expansion delivers first ore Mine in Northern Labrador has started the production at its Reid Brook deposit.
June 10, 2021 Apple hires former BMW executive for car project Apple has hired Ulrich Kranz, a former senior executive at BMW's electric car division, to help its vehicle initiatives, Apple confirmed on Thursday.
June 10, 2021 Electric vehicles a $7 trillion market opportunity to 2030 – report BloombergNEF forecasts global sales of zero-emission cars rising to 70% of the market by 2040, thus making demand for battery metals soar.
June 10, 2021 Nature-related financial risk opens new can of worms for miners Verisk Maplecroft believes that funds and international creditors have an opportunity to drive conservation improvements by tying finance to ESG milestones.
June 9, 2021 EU should promote moratorium on deep-sea mining, lawmakers say Deep-sea mining would extract cobalt, copper, nickel, and manganese from nodules which pepper the sea floor at depths of 4-6 kilometres.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland rare earth supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the U.S. and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
