July 11, 2019

Video game to teach Australian kids about minerals for electric cars

Industry and academia joined forces to launch Mine Solar Car Lab – a 3D digital game for Minecraft’s Education Edition.

July 10, 2019

Surge in battery nickel use is more bad news for cobalt price

Cobalt light electric vehicle battery deployment around the globe doubled in May.

July 10, 2019

Development snapshot: Eight juniors looking to supply the electric vehicle revolution

While the prices for key battery minerals have so far been subdued in 2019, the general excitement about the future wide adoption of EVs continues to fuel activity.

July 9, 2019

CHART: Make money in resources? Invest privately

Private capital invested in natural resources a decade ago returned 41% – S&P Natural Resources Index hardly broke even.

July 9, 2019

Pilbara Minerals inks additional lithium supply deal with China’s Great Wall

Deliveries under the deal will begin in August, with 20,000 dry metric tonnes of concentrate to be shipped annually for six years.

July 5, 2019

Chile mining sector continues to lag on growth

Mining activity in May dropped 2.3% compared with the same month in 2018 as the sector continued to confront sharply falling ore grades at its largest deposits.

July 3, 2019

Australia govt’s lithium price outlook is bleak

Top exporter Australia predicts a 26% rise in lithium stockpiles in 2019 – that's 2.5 years of consumption.

June 25, 2019

Massive solar storage project planned for Nevada desert

The projects mark one of the the biggest expansions of solar and storage ever proposed in the US.

June 24, 2019

France’s Eramet gives go-ahead to lithium project in Argentina

The miner expects to invest 525 million euros in the Centenario deposit with the aim of producing 24,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent per year.

June 23, 2019

China’s Chengtun starts construction of 60,000-tonnes lithium project

The project is expected to produce 30,000 tonnes of lithium, 20,000 tonnes of battery-level lithium hydroxide and 10,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate.