April 29, 2022 Column: Europe urgently needs an accelerator in the critical metals race The region's import dependency on enabling metals was already high and has turned critical since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, writes Andy Home.
April 29, 2022 CATL earnings drop as battery giant posts large derivatives position CATL’s shares have fallen 30% this year.
April 29, 2022 Opinion: World lacks time, not minerals for climate-saving technology The Russian invasion of Ukraine, covid-related supply chain disruptions, and rising inflation have all fuelled a narrative that the clean energy transition will be highly inflationary.
April 28, 2022 Rubio questions Volkswagen’s ties to metal suppliers in China over human rights The probe is part of a broader debate over humanitarian issues in supply chains for materials needed in clean energy technology.
April 28, 2022 Top bid for lithium up 140% after Musk’s ‘insane levels’ call Pilbara Minerals Ltd.’s auction of spodumene concentrate attracted a top bid of $5,650 a ton on Wednesday.
April 27, 2022 Pilbara Minerals quarterly output drops as labour crunch bites Shipments of spodumene concentrate tumbled more than 25% from the December quarter.
April 27, 2022 Business group blasts Mexico’s new lithium law as violating trade deal The business group warned that Mexico will have to compensate companies with active mining concessions if their rights are violated.
April 27, 2022 GM says it has battery metals secured as industry frets supply GM’s chief executive officer is confident the automaker will have enough materials to build 400,000 electric vehicles this year and in 2023.
April 27, 2022 Iron man Elon Musk places his Tesla battery bets Nearly half of the vehicles Tesla produced in Q1 were equipped with LFP batteries - a cheaper rival to the nickel-and-cobalt-based cells that dominate in the West.
April 27, 2022 Column: Global miners rank ESG as their top concern. Really? Not one of the biggest listed Western mining companies has an executive with the title of chief ESG officer, writes Clyde Russell.
Ioneer eyes bid for Rio Tinto’s US boron unit Boron, an element mineral with few producers, was added to the US list of critical minerals last month. December 12, 2025 | 02:49 pm
