February 2, 2022 Rock Tech, Bilfinger to build Europe’s first lithium refinery The Canadian miner and the German industrial services provider expect the lithium hydroxide converter to be in operations in 2024.
February 1, 2022 Chile vote marks first step in long path to seizing mines A proposal that opens the door to nationalizing some of the biggest copper and lithium mines in the world was approved in first instance.
January 31, 2022 It’s not all one-way traffic for China’s EV makers Persistent hikes in raw material costs have been weighing on automakers for a while now.
January 31, 2022 Dearth of explosive experts to drivers hurt top Australia miners Fortescue reported a 20% rise in costs over the past 12 months, driven in part by increased labor overheads.
January 30, 2022 Vulcan inks binding lithium hydroxide supply deal with LG Energy Vulcan, which aims to produce lithium hydroxide from Germany's Upper Rhine Valley, has already inked supply deals with Volkswagen and Stellantis among others.
January 30, 2022 Energy transition saw record investment in 2021 — report BloombergNEF reports that global investment in the energy transition totalled $755 billion in 2021.
January 27, 2022 Lithium prices surge on EV demand from China Global EV sales were on track to hit 6.3 million units in 2021—nearly double the total of 2020.
January 27, 2022 Canada says it saw no need to block China firm’s bid for lithium miner The opposition Conservatives said the Liberal government should have blocked Zijin Mining from buying Neo Lithium.
January 27, 2022 Musk’s bets on Tesla: human-like robots and self-driving cars Tesla's most important products in 2022 and next year will not be cars, CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday.
Taseko wraps Florence build, nears first copper output The Florence copper project in Arizona is moving from build to operations as Taseko lines up its next phase of copper growth. January 13, 2026 | 06:10 am
