September 11, 2020 Eight mines the size of Glencore’s Katanga needed to meet battery metals demand – report Wood Mackenzie states that the cobalt market would have to double and 800 kt LCE of additional lithium would be needed by 2025 to limit global warming by 2.5 degrees.
September 10, 2020 Lithium battery waste to grow recycling market – report IDTechEx estimates that just in 2020, 330 kt of waste Li-ion battery will be produced.
September 8, 2020 Investors cheer as GM, Nikola join forces General Motors and electric truck startup Nikola Corp will join forces to build electric pickup trucks and fuel cell commercial trucks to take on Tesla.
September 8, 2020 Europe’s critical raw materials plan key to becoming climate-neutral by 2050 – Roskill The market analyst believes that adding lithium, titanium, bauxite and strontium to its list of critical materials brings the EU one step closer to its goal.
September 4, 2020 Europe joins global scramble for critical minerals Europe has belatedly woken up to the fact it has a metals problem.
September 3, 2020 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Cobalt prices surge on electronics boom, Friedland’s Nimba iron ore project, gold price falls on economic recovery hopes, and more.
September 3, 2020 EU adds lithium to critical raw materials list Move is part of a broader plan to cut reliance on imported supply of key commodities, including rare earths and cobalt.
August 31, 2020 This is why lithium-ion batteries fail UK-based researchers identified a potential new degradation mechanism for electric vehicle batteries.
August 30, 2020 Tianqi Lithium posts $101m net loss in H1 as prices plunge Tianqi said in a filing to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange it made a $101.47-million net loss in January-June.
August 28, 2020 Lithium price: 50% of hard-rock miners are losing money Spodumene prices are on a downward spiral, putting half of hard-rock lithium miners in a marginal to loss-making position, says new report.
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