March 29, 2023 Sweden takes serious look at pros and cons of electric road systems ERS charge moving vehicles with either loops in or next to the road, or with wires suspended above vehicles, similar to trams and trains.
March 28, 2023 Pilbara Minerals approves $375 million lithium expansion in Western Australia The investment in the Pilgan plant will help increase spodumene concentrate production by 47% to 1 million dry metric tonnes per annum.
March 28, 2023 Value of battery metals in newly-sold EVs tripled on rampant lithium, nickel prices MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index surged to just under $27 billion in 2022 thanks to surging lithium and nickel prices, but January saw a 50% month-on-month drop.
March 28, 2023 Pure Energy gets permits for DLE plant at Clayton Valley project in Nevada, stock soars Clayton Valley holdings adjoin and surround on three sides the Silver Peak lithium brine mine operated by Albemarle.
March 28, 2023 Standard Lithium claims North America’s ‘highest grade brine’ from sampling in East Texas Samples from the Smackover Formation all returned grades exceeding the average reported lithium analyses from other North American brine projects.
March 28, 2023 US, Japan strike deal on supply of minerals for EV batteries EVs that use materials that have been collected or processed in Japan will be eligible for incentives under the IRA.
March 28, 2023 Biden tees up a supply chain rethink with challenge to China’s EVs Ford confirmed last month that it will tap technology from CATL for a $3.5 billion plant it’s building in Michigan.
March 27, 2023 Liontown rejects $3.7 billion proposal from Albemarle Liontown Resources rejected a non-binding indicative proposal of A$2.50 per share.
March 27, 2023 Li-Cycle to build French battery processing facility The French facility, which is expected to open in 2024 and complement similar sites under development in Germany and Norway.
March 24, 2023 Graphic: The impact of vehicle sizes on mineral demand in the EV market While a Tata Motors Tiago battery contains only 1.1kg of LCE, a Tesla Semi truck requires over 500kg of it to operate.
Argentina’s cradle of Malbec wine is warming up to copper mining The San Jorge copper-gold project, controlled by Zug-based Zonda Metals, would be a first for Mendoza. December 18, 2025 | 10:49 am
