January 19, 2021 Gates, Bezos-backed fund offers $1bn to clean energy start-ups To be eligible, projects must have potential to cut global emissions by at least 500 million tonnes a year.
January 18, 2021 Lithium Americas shares surge on Thacker Pass approval The US Bureau of Land Management gave final approval to the lithium mine in Nevada.
January 18, 2021 Shanghai booms as metals trading mirrors uneven recovery China has led the industrial recovery from covid-19 with the rest of the world struggling to catch up.
January 18, 2021 UK hails first domestic production of battery-quality lithium A consortium focused on developing the UK’s lithium supply chain has produced two lithium carbonate concentrates from local samples.
January 17, 2021 SQM says relations with indigenous communities are improving SQM said it is is making progress in improving relations with the communities that live around the Atacama salt flat.
January 15, 2021 Miner gets closer to producing ‘green’ lithium for EV batteries Australian startup Vulcan Energy claims it can produce battery-grade lithium without emitting carbon dioxide.
January 15, 2021 Metals behind EV revolution to resume volatile rally – again Global EV sales are projected to surge 60% this year, according to BloombergNEF.
January 15, 2021 Inside SQM’s struggle to win over indigenous communities in Chile’s Atacama Native communities that ring the Atacama worry that mining may be depleting scarce freshwater and lithium-rich brine, reducing its availability for people and wildlife.
January 14, 2021 Lithium Chile allowed back to Laguna Blanca project Covid-19 restrictions in Chile hindered the miner’s ability to continue exploring the project.
January 13, 2021 Galan Lithium to acquire 80% of Greenbushes South The project is about 3km south of Greenbushes, the largest hard-rock lithium mine in the world.
Liberia backs Ivanhoe Atlantic rail deal to unlock iron ore mine The access arrangement permits Ivanhoe to transport iron ore from the Kon Kweni deposit. December 18, 2025 | 01:14 pm
