July 2, 2021 General Motors moves to secure US-sourced lithium for its EVs The US largest automaker is investing “multi millions” in a lithium project poised to become the country's largest by 2024.
July 2, 2021 China’s first exchange-traded lithium contract to launch on July 5 China's Wuxi Stainless Steel Exchange said trading in its new lithium contract would begin next week.
July 1, 2021 India gives aluminum battery a chance to take on lithium in EVs Indian Oil Corp., the nation’s largest oil refiner, has teamed up with startup Phinergy Ltd. to develop the Israeli company’s aluminum-air battery.
July 1, 2021 Piedmont expands spodumene resources with investment in IronRidge Piedmont plans to purchase an equity stake in IronRidge and a 50% stake in its Ewoyaa lithium project in Ghana.
July 1, 2021 Shortages flagged for critical EV materials lithium and cobalt As the world moves to meet stringent targets for cutting carbon emissions, demand for lithium, cobalt and nickel vital for electric vehicle batteries will soar.
June 30, 2021 Albemarle ups game in race to power electric cars A new lab in North Carolina will develop lithium products two to three times faster than previously, company CTO said.
June 30, 2021 CHART: Study predicts over 400% increase in copper, lithium, nickel battery demand BloombergNEF turns super bullish about metals demand for batteries – ups forecast 35% to 2.7 terawatt hours per year by 2030 as electric cars take off.
June 30, 2021 Sayona Mining gets court nod for Canadian lithium firm acquisition The company and Piedmont Lithium made a joint bid for North American Lithium earlier this year as part of a plan to expand in North America.
June 30, 2021 IGO closes $1.4b deal for stake in Tianqi Lithium assets The nickel miner has taken 49% in a joint venture that gives it 25% in the Greenbushes lithium mine and 49% in the Kwinana processing plant in Western Australia.
June 29, 2021 CHARTS: China’s overseas copper mining scramble Chinese state and private investors have spent more than $16 billion over the last decade buying copper mines and projects including nearly 50 in Africa.
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