October 18, 2021 Appetite for ‘green energy metals’ drives deals Demand for copper, nickel, lithium, and cobalt has risen sharply, driven by the global move to lower carbon emissions and electric vehicle makers chasing battery ingredients.
October 17, 2021 What the energy transition may bring for five battery metals – report London-based ING Economics predicts what the ongoing energy transition might bring for copper, aluminum, nickel, cobalt, and lithium.
October 15, 2021 Value of battery metals in new electric cars up 180% to $600m In August, MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index hit the second best total on record as lithium, nickel and cobalt prices continue to rise.
October 15, 2021 Green Energy Metals: Eight companies with big ambitions Companies on the global hunt for lithium, nickel, copper, cobalt, and PGMs wherever they are.
October 15, 2021 Mexico eyes ‘strategic minerals,’ copper limits in mining reform Lopez Obrador's proposed legislation will no longer award concessions to mine lithium "and other strategic minerals" needed for the country's energy transition.
October 14, 2021 Chile to open 400,000 tonnes of lithium reserves up for exploration The copper-producing nation, which holds the world’s largest known lithium reserves, will tender for five quotas of 80,000 tonnes each.
October 13, 2021 Europe’s carmakers face raw material bottleneck for EV batteries Major carmakers like Volkswagen, Daimler and Stellantis have been racing to secure battery cell supplies in Europe.
October 12, 2021 Saudi mining plan gets $3 billion EV boost from Australian firm EV Metals Group Plc’s spending will be on building plants to process minerals including lithium and nickel, and later expand into exploring.
October 11, 2021 Zijin’s lithium foray adds to China’s push for battery materials Zijin shares jumped as much as 8.8% in Hong Kong on Monday, and are up 17% this year.
October 11, 2021 Lithium deal shows China’s accelerating race for battery metals Lithium has gotten so hot that even China’s gold miners want a slice of the market, sky high valuations and all.
Sierra Madre buys second silver mine from First Majestic in $60M deal The Del Toro operation includes three fully permitted underground mines and a 3,000-tonne-per-day flotation processing circuit. December 18, 2025 | 07:35 am
