November 1, 2017 BHP to step up copper exploration, expansions to meet electric vehicles sector’s rising demand World's biggest miner is getting ready to provide enough copper for the 140 million electric cars forecast by 2035.
October 31, 2017 More than 10 firms in the running for Codelco’s lithium assets — chairman The state miner is seeking private-sector partners to develop and exploit its vast Maricunga and Pedernales deposits in the north of Chile.
October 30, 2017 China’s recyclers eye looming electric vehicle battery mountain After years of dismantling discarded televisions and laptops, a Shanghai recycling plant is readying itself for a new wave of waste: piles of exhausted batteries from the surge of electric…
October 30, 2017 Electric cars yet to turn cobalt market into gold mine – Nornickel Prices for cobalt metal, used in production of electric vehicle batteries, have tripled to nine-year peaks above $30 a pound from below $10 a pound in late 2015.
October 26, 2017 Savannah Resources enters the lithium race in Europe The miner wants to address the needs of European automakers.
October 22, 2017 The massive impact of EVs on commodities in one chart What would happen if you flipped a switch, and suddenly every new car that came off assembly lines was electric?
October 20, 2017 Bacanora secures environmental permit for Sonora project in Mexico Permit lets Bacanora go-ahead with its 35,000tpa (tons per annum) lithium carbonate operation in Mexico.
October 19, 2017 E3 Metals assay results confirm Leduc reef trend enriched in lithium across a broader area than originally tested A total of 43 samples were collected during the Company’s initial sampling program.
October 18, 2017 MGX Minerals nears completion of first commercial rapid lithium extraction system MGX and its technology partner, PurLucid, made ground-breaking progress in treating complex brines with high magnesium content.
October 12, 2017 The electric car blindsides the automakers An examination of the lithium market and the one company that Ron Struthers (of Struther's Resource Stock Report) believes is in the right place.
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
