April 9, 2022 China EV maker Nio suspends production due to supply chain disruptions China's measures to contain the recent surge of covid-19 cases disrupted operations at Nio's suppliers.
April 8, 2022 Tesla may start mining lithium as Musk cites battery metal cost There is no shortage of the element itself, as lithium is almost everywhere on Earth, but pace of extraction/refinement is slow, Musk said in a Tweet.
April 8, 2022 Market value of top 50 mining companies surge $335 billion during Q1 2022 Extreme volatility on metal and mining markets continued into 2022 amid historically low stockpiles of metal on global exchanges, but for most […]
April 8, 2022 Bradda Head Lithium reports resource growth at Basin East project in Arizona The company is advancing three North American projects comprising the main types of lithium mineralization.
April 8, 2022 Chile sues BHP, Albemarle, Antofagasta over water use Lawsuit singles out BHP’s Escondida copper mine, Antofagasta and Barrick’s 50-50 Zaldívar operation and Albemarle’s lithium assets.
April 7, 2022 New lithium technology can help the world go green — if it works DLE technologies would challenge traditional miners such as Albemarle and prospective miners like Lithium Americas.
April 7, 2022 How charge, discharge cycles make li-ion batteries bleed to death There is a link between cracks that form in batteries’ structure during charge-discharge cycles and the depletion of vital liquids that carry charge.
April 6, 2022 220-year chart shows “no evidence” green energy transition is underway It took 70 years for oil and gas to take 50% of the global primary energy market from coal. Today renewables can't even match incremental growth in demand.
April 5, 2022 Vulcan Energy inks 20-year geothermal energy supply deal with Germany’s MVV Vulcan Energy will provide up to 350 gigawatt hours of energy per year - enough to supply around 25,000 households.
April 5, 2022 Sigma Lithium to start civil works at vast Brazilian project Grota do Cirilo is the largest hard rock lithium project in the Americas, slated to produce 440,000 tonnes of concentrate per year by end of 2023.
Column: Maritime logistics at the sharp end of the critical minerals race China has imposed export controls on seven rare earth elements and related products, a move that caused disruptions across valuable industries. December 12, 2025 | 03:54 pm
