November 2, 2021

UN at COP26: “Enough of mining…we are digging our own graves”

It did not take long for COP26 to turn into a farce with UN Secretary General António Guterres pleading with the gathered highnesses and excellencies to declare enough is enough.

November 1, 2021

Europe’s EV battery strategy threatened by supply chain gaps, Eramet says

Eramet is struggling to attract investment from its home region to process its overseas nickel, lithium and cobalt reserves into battery materials.

November 1, 2021

Lithium Americas trumps CATL with $400 million offer to buy Millennial Lithium

The offer represents a 22.1% premium over CATL's previous bid of C$377 million.

November 1, 2021

Ganfeng Lithium lands three-year supply deal with Tesla

The Chinese firm will provide battery grade lithium hydroxide products to the electric vehicle maker from 2022 to 2024.

October 31, 2021

‘Ultimate’ anode for next-generation batteries to become more efficient

Korean researchers found that diluted high concentration electrolytes improve the performance of lithium metal batteries.

October 29, 2021

Inexorable decline of EV battery prices coming to an end – report

EV battery costs were approaching parity with gas-powered cars, but Benchmark believes decline may be at an end as lithium prices surge 313% in a year and cobalt, nickel prices…

October 29, 2021

Miners look to carbon capture to move beyond net zero

The global race to carbon neutrality is a double-edged sword for the metals and mining sector, writes Andy Home.

October 28, 2021

COP26 will be a colossal mining cop-out

New report lays out how the green energy transition “starts and ends with metals” but the required exponential growth in mining is a glaring hole in US and global decarbonisation…

October 28, 2021

Sibanye-Stillwater CEO outlines strategy on green energy metals

"Core to our strategy is embedding ESG excellence as the way we do business and that’s evolved into a sustainability strategy," Neal Froneman says.

October 28, 2021

Vulcan Energy rejects short-seller report

Shares in Vulcan stopped trading on Wednesday after having soared 82% this year.