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.
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.
Liberia backs Ivanhoe Atlantic rail deal to unlock iron ore mine The access arrangement permits Ivanhoe to transport iron ore from the Kon Kweni deposit. December 18, 2025 | 01:14 pm
