October 19, 2022

Automakers need more time to meet US minerals requirements for EVs – execs

New restrictions on battery sourcing and critical minerals, along with price caps and income caps, take effect on Jan. 1.

October 19, 2022

Biden awards $2.8 billion to boost US minerals output for EV batteries

Albemarle and Piedmont are among the 20 manufacturing and processing companies winning US Energy Department grants.

October 18, 2022

Researchers better understand what it takes to improve EV batteries’ performance

A scientific team tracked the real-time movement of lithium ions inside layered lithium nickel-rich oxides.

October 17, 2022

Column: Xi’s commitment to energy transition is mixed for commodities

Commodity markets were given little to cheer about in President Xi Jinping’s address to the Communist Party Congress.

October 17, 2022

Posco’s bold battery materials push dimmed by new US energy bill

By 2030, the Seoul-based steel giant forecasts it will have a production capacity of around 605,000 tons for cathode-active materials.

October 16, 2022

Australian lithium miner IGO says chief executive died suddenly

Peter Bradford had led IGO since March 2014 and was also president of the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies.

October 14, 2022

The world’s top 10 lithium mining companies

Lithium prices hit an all-time high this week as battery makers scramble to secure supply amid booming demand.

October 13, 2022

Lithium price jumps to fresh all-time high

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence says spot market pricing will feed through to long term contracts signed by automakers.

October 12, 2022

Column: How do you accelerate energy transition when current crisis slams the brakes

If the answer to the energy crisis is a faster rollout of renewable alternatives to fossil fuels, then the problem is that the current situation is hindering the solution.

October 11, 2022

Volatility storm adds to pain for Chile’s battered markets

White-knuckle trading in Chilean assets is erasing the final traces of the country’s reputation as the most stable of Latin America.