July 28, 2017 Electric car industry faces a looming supply storage “Lithium is the new oil,” goes the saying in electric vehicle (EV) circles.
July 26, 2017 Batteries and renewables to start displacing gas in South Australia by 2025 Battery costs to fall 50% - beginning to compete with gas.
July 25, 2017 Junior miners talk new opportunities, and challenges While the mood at the recent Junior Indaba mining event was sombre when it came to South Africa’s policy environment, there were some interesting opportunities being mooted for minerals like…
July 25, 2017 Caterpillar earnings beat estimates, shares hit five-year high It now expects adjusted earnings per share to come in at $5, significantly higher than the $3.75 it had forecast just three months ago and almost doubled the $2.90 it…
July 24, 2017 Rio Tinto, Serbia in outline deal to move giant lithium project forward Major miner Rio Tinto and the Serbian government on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding to speed up development of Rio's giant deposit of jadarite, a mineral unique to Serbia…
July 21, 2017 New African rare earth mine to start production by year-end Gakara mine, which operated for 30 years until 1978, is expected to restart commercial production in the fourth quarter of the year.
July 19, 2017 B.C. sits atop untapped lithium reservoirs: entrepreneur Chemist says geothermal reservoirs could also produce electricity
July 18, 2017 Clean energy transition to increase demand for minerals — World Bank Big winners will be aluminum, copper, lead, lithium, manganese, nickel, silver, steel, and zinc and rare earth minerals such as indium, molybdenum, and neodymium.
July 10, 2017 Chile receives 12 bids for value-added lithium projects Twelve companies from seven countries have applied to manufacture lithium-linked products in Chile, officials told journalists on Monday, in what they called a victory for the mining country's push to…
July 7, 2017 Private capital says no to mining Study shows Q2 2017 new private capital for natural resources investment dropped to lowest since 2011 and not a single mining fund were able to raise money.
Column: EV revolution rolls on but battery metals lose their charge It should only be a matter of time before demand momentum absorbs the current supply glut, writes Reuters columnist Andy Home. December 20, 2025 | 06:23 am
