March 22, 2022 Global lithium-ion battery capacity to rise five-fold by 2030 The Asia Pacific region, led by China, accounted for 90% of the world’s battery manufacturing in 2021.
March 22, 2022 Tesla’s first German-made model Y rollout has Musk dancing again Almost 19 years after its founding, Tesla has a car factory network that spans the globe.
March 21, 2022 Posco to invest $4bn in lithium project in Argentina The funds will be invested in a project at a salt flat called Salar de Hombre Muerto, located in the border between the northern Salta and Catamarca provinces.
March 21, 2022 Imagine Lithium enters exploration agreement with First Nations groups on Jackpot property Under the agreement, Imagine Lithium will grant a total of 3 million common share purchase warrants to the First Nations groups, with each receiving 1 million warrants.
March 21, 2022 Volkswagen unveils Asian ventures to secure nickel, cobalt Volkswagen will form joint ventures with Huayou Cobalt and Tsingshan Group to secure up to 120kt nickel and 15kt cobalt per year.
March 21, 2022 China tells EV battery chain it wants ‘rational’ lithium prices Lithium has soared nearly 500% in the past year.
March 21, 2022 Chinese electric carmaker calls battery price hikes ‘ridiculous’ Car manufacturers are trying to lure more customers just as government subsidies for cleaner vehicles fall away.
March 18, 2022 US unveils battery strategy in West Virginia to ease coal loss The administration also plans to announce nearly $215 million in Interior Department funding to clean up abandoned mines in West Virginia.
March 17, 2022 The Metals Company signs MoU for PFS on world’s first deep-sea nodule processing plant The polymetallic nodule fields in the CCZ of the Pacific represent the largest known undeveloped nickel resource on the planet.
March 17, 2022 5 CHARTS: Mining supercycle – how soon is now? Pent-up demand, supply shocks, low stocks pushed aluminum, copper and coal prices to all-time highs, but new report suggests supercycle talk is premature.
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