September 16, 2015

Vancouver junior’s Tesla-inspired surge evaporates

Pure Energy Minerals' early stage lithium brine project is in Nevada where Tesla's feeling pressure to spend $1.3 billion in tax breaks from the state.

September 10, 2015

Big name investors are piling back into commodities

A few legendary influencers are making huge bets right now on commodities, an area that’s faced—and continues to face—some pretty strong headwinds.

September 3, 2015

Elon Musk: More Tesla Gigafactory lithium deals to come

Tesla Motors' CEO Elon Musk has admitted the company is pursuing lithium deals in Nevada.

August 31, 2015

US Rare Earth Minerals says it has no supply deal with Tesla

The company that sealed the high-profile deal to supply lithium to electric carmaker is in fact London-based Rare Earth Minerals (LON:REM).

August 28, 2015

Tesla begins Gigafactory sourcing with lithium supply deal

London-based Bacanora Minerals and Rare Earth Minerals have received the go-ahead to supply lithium hydroxide to Tesla's lithium-ion battery megafactory from its clay deposit in Mexico's north-west should the new…

August 21, 2015

INFOGRAPHIC – On the precipice: Will global markets follow commodities off the cliff?

Today may be the end of this trend of divergence. US equities are at a precipice: fueled by low rates and quantitative easing for years, they have finally started to…

August 19, 2015

New landscape for BC mining environmental reviews

First Nation support for resource projects has become increasingly important to their success.

August 17, 2015

Avalon Rare Metals begins pilot plant program at lithium asset

The facility aims to test a new lithium minerals process developed by the company over the past year.

August 11, 2015

China’s surprise currency move is more bad news for Canadian commodities

Stock markets in Canada and the United States fell sharply on the news that China had allowed the yuan to drop 2%.

August 11, 2015

Thinking outside the commodity box: Benchmark’s investment primer for lithium, cobalt and graphite

Simon Moores, managing director of London-based Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, and the firm's analyst, Andrew Miller, provide insight into minerals that they say need to shed their labels as traditional commodities…