April 5, 2024

Tesla scraps low-cost car plans amid fierce Chinese EV competition

Tesla has canceled the long-promised affordable car that investors have been anticipating, as reported by Reuters.

April 5, 2024

EU sees hope for US minerals deal from new forced labour law

The EU is set to implement its law on forced labour this year.

April 5, 2024

Lithium’s role in ‘clean’ ammonia production reimagined

US-based researchers updated an ammonia production process to make it greener and economically feasible.

April 4, 2024

Surge Battery Metals to begin drilling at Nevada North lithium project next month

Surge reported in February a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate on NNLP which it said had the highest grade lithium clay resource in the US.

April 4, 2024

Sigma Lithium CEO won’t sell the company at current lithium prices

The company said this week it plans to increase production to 520,000 metric tons per year by 2025.

April 4, 2024

Chile port workers stage protests, threatening commodity exports

The Ventanas port is a major hub for exporting both copper and lithium.

April 4, 2024

New technology uses sand to store renewable energy

Particle thermal energy storage doesn’t rely on rare earth metals or materials that have complex and unsustainable supply chains.

April 3, 2024

Winsome Resources reveals plan to repurpose Renard diamond plant in Quebec for lithium

Quebec has seen an explosion of lithium spodumene discoveries in recent years, and developers are competing to bring the first product to Western markets.

April 3, 2024

Mining for EV metals threatens gorillas and chimpanzees in Africa

Nearly 180,000 great apes in Africa are under threat as mining activities drive deforestation, according to a study published on Wednesday in Science Advances.

April 3, 2024

US, EU set to miss critical minerals agreement this week

The two allies have been trying to conclude an agreement for many months now but have repeatedly failed to do so.