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.

October 11, 2021

Ganfeng raises lithium metal prices amid power crunch

The Chinese company also cited higher costs for raw materials such as lithium carbonate for the price increase.

October 11, 2021

Rock Tech Lithium to build $544 million plant in Brandenburg

The plant will be in the town of Guben, a roughly 90-minute drive from where Tesla is building its gigafactory.

October 10, 2021

The hottest party in the metals world is back, but much smaller

LME Week resumes amid continued covid risk.

October 10, 2021

Zijin Mining to acquire Neo Lithium in $737m deal

In August, Chinese gold and copper miner Zijin said its plan on lithium and other new energy minerals were in a preliminary strategic planning stage.

October 8, 2021

Musk to move Tesla headquarters to Texas from California

Elon Musk announced the move at the Austin plant Thursday during the electric-vehicle maker’s shareholder meeting.

October 8, 2021

US narrows gap with China in race to dominate battery supply chain – report

The United States has moved up on BloombergNEF's Global Lithium-Ion Battery Supply Chain Ranking.