December 14, 2022 GM will go to unusual lengths to secure EV battery minerals Competition is becoming more fierce as supplies fall short of demand, forcing some automakers to change the way they source raw materials.
December 14, 2022 US ‘battery belt’ widens with $3.5 billion Redwood Materials plant Redwood said it will build a $3.5 billion battery materials campus in Ridgefield.
December 14, 2022 Frontier Lithium’s drilling at Spark pegmatite returns robust grades Spark is on the PAK property in Ontario, said to contain one of North America's highest-grade lithium resources.
December 14, 2022 Tesla isn’t having the epic end to the year Elon Musk predicted The ebullient outlook the CEO offered during the carmaker’s last earnings call has given way to price and production cuts in China.
December 14, 2022 Vulcan Energy delays lithium output target by a year Company is around a year behind schedule to reach an annual capacity of 40,000 t because of supply chain delays.
December 14, 2022 Albemarle to build $180m US lithium research centre The lithium giant anticipates creating at least 200 jobs at the site, with an average salary of $94,000 per year.
December 13, 2022 China may extend state iron ore buying strategy to lithium If successful in iron ore, the mandate of China's new centralised state buyer could be extended to lithium, copper and bauxite.
December 13, 2022 Rio Tinto hunts for lithium deals, eyes Jadar revival Lithium prices, expected to stay at record highs, have the world’s second-biggest miner actively looking for lithium acquisitions.
December 12, 2022 Western countries forge green alliance for getting electric vehicle minerals Announced at the COP15 talks on biodiversity in Montreal, the Sustainable Critical Minerals Alliance would support these standards for elements like lithium, cobalt and nickel.
December 12, 2022 US finalizes $2.5 billion loan to GM, LG battery joint venture The loan will help finance construction of new lithium-ion manufacturing facilities in Ohio, Tennessee and Michigan.
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