April 27, 2022 Column: Automakers go back to the future to secure battery metals Henry Ford was right all along, it turns out.
April 27, 2022 Australian universities get $173m in funding to turn critical minerals into products, services The funds will go towards the development of the Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Trailblazer hub.
April 25, 2022 Rosatom, Nornickel to develop lithium project in Russia The two Russian companies plan to develop the Kolmozerskoye lithium deposit in the country’s northwestern Murmansk region.
April 24, 2022 Head of Mexico City government compares lithium nationalization to that of oil 84 years ago Claudia Sheinbaum compared the initiative of Andrés Manuel López Obrador to that General Lázaro Cárdenas pushed in 1938.
April 24, 2022 Lithium Energy, Hanaq Group join forces to explore lithium deposits in Argentina Lithium Energy and Hanaq Group want to find new lithium deposits in the Olaroz-Cauchari endorheic basin, located in Argentina’s northwestern Jujuy province.
April 22, 2022 SQM unveils largest electric fleet in Chilean mining industry New fleet contributes to lithium miner’s sustainability plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040.
April 22, 2022 Chile constitution drafters reject mining-adverse proposal The 52 articles rejected sought tightening up the protection of the country’s natural resources, including copper and lithium.
April 22, 2022 ‘Mr. Lithium’ warns there’s not enough battery metal to go around Batteries, and more precisely battery metals, are poised to replace chips as the new bottleneck for the auto industry, writes Gabrielle Coppola.
April 21, 2022 Musk wants more lithium for EVs but very few places have it Elon Musk wants more lithium, but only a handful of countries can supply the material key to the electrification of transportation, at least for now.
April 21, 2022 New tech will free cheaper, cleaner lithium supply – report Elon Musk warns investors about lithium supply, but a new McKinsey report says geothermal, oilfield brines and new extraction technology can meet seven-fold demand growth.
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
