April 26, 2021 Chile settles dispute with Albemarle over lithium reserves data Chilean regulators have settled a high stakes dispute, defusing a spat that may have led to the suspension of the company's permit to expand its operations.
April 23, 2021 White House touts EVs, but not backing gasoline-powered phase-out date Biden’s plan calls for 500,000 new EV charging stations and $100 billion in new consumer rebates for electric vehicles.
April 22, 2021 Millennial achieves high purity battery-grade lithium at Argentinian project The Canadian company said the pilot plant at the Pastos Grandes project produced lithium carbonate with a purity of 99.96% on the first run.
April 21, 2021 EU publishes rulebook to classify ‘green’ investments The European Commission's publication does not include a decision on whether to label nuclear energy and power plants fuelled by natural gas as green.
April 21, 2021 Secrecy in the battery industry is becoming a headache for everyone When secrecy and early-technology risk collide with public markets, it can spell trouble.
April 21, 2021 Pilbara Minerals says spodumene in tight supply as enquiries rise Australia lithium miner said that lithium concentrate spodumene was in "relatively short supply" as enquiries for the raw material used in EV batteries rise.
April 20, 2021 Cobalt, nickel battery use rises as electric sports cars gain popularity EV Metal Index jumps 245% YTD, boosted by rising sales of cars like the Ford Mustang Mach-E and Audi e-tron Quattro with high-nickel, cobalt batteries.
April 19, 2021 Savannah moves closer to Portugal lithium mine with preliminary impact study approval Portugal is Europe's biggest lithium producer, but its miners sell almost exclusively to the ceramics industry.
April 19, 2021 Australian lithium miners Orocobre and Galaxy to merge in $3bn deal Business combination creates world’s fifth-biggest producer of lithium chemicals, used to make EV batteries.
April 18, 2021 Roadmap for US’ clean transportation future unveiled Researchers say the production of lithium, cobalt, and graphite must expand dramatically to meet the demand enabled by high levels of electric vehicle manufacturing.
Ioneer eyes bid for Rio Tinto’s US boron unit Boron, an element mineral with few producers, was added to the US list of critical minerals last month. December 12, 2025 | 02:49 pm
