March 3, 2021 Energy storage boom to propel zinc battery demand, industry association says Annual demand for zinc in batteries was only 600 tonnes in 2020 but that figure is projected to rise to 77,500 tonnes in 2030
March 2, 2021 Canada Silver Cobalt working on new battery recycling initiative The project uses the hydrometallurgical Re-2Ox process to recover metals from lithium-ion, nickel-hydride and nickel-cadmium batteries.
March 1, 2021 Battery demand to maintain elevated cobalt prices – report But increasing advances in cobalt-free and low-cobalt content batteries will pose a large threat to long-term demand and prices, Fitch says.
February 26, 2021 Nickel, cobalt price: 10 charts show China’s grip on battery supply chain to last decades Beijing's response to Biden executive order on critical minerals: "Artificial efforts to shift these chains and to decouple is not realistic."
February 26, 2021 Canada losing ground on new mining projects – report The Mining Association of Canada says the total 10-year projected value of $82 billion for new projects remains nearly 50% below the 2014 level of $160 billion.
February 25, 2021 Base and Battery Metals Snapshot: Eight companies pursuing critical minerals Base and battery metals exploration and development assets in North America that are on investors’ radar screens.
February 25, 2021 Tesla to cut Model 3 production in US for two weeks One person said a chip shortage may have affected the production cutback, which would last until March 7.
February 25, 2021 Hyundai’s $900m recall shows EV glory is no one-way road Company's recall of nearly 82,000 electric vehicles highlights how costly the shift to the industry’s new frontier can be for all the automakers piling in, both to their balance sheets…
February 25, 2021 Deal for key metal in EV revolution brought bonanza for newcomer A transfer of lucrative cobalt and copper assets by the Democratic Republic of Congo’s state mining company enabled a little-known investor to make $40 million within weeks.
February 24, 2021 Minnesota court hands victory to PolyMet copper-nickel project NorthMet project would be Minnesota’s first copper-nickel mine.
Korean proxy fight threatens to derail Trump’s big zinc bet The case has the potential to disrupt the administration’s effort to spur domestic production of critical minerals. December 19, 2025 | 12:54 pm
