May 2, 2022

Enough nickel, lithium for 14 million EVs in 2023 – European climate group

Global EV sales more than doubled to 4.2 million vehicles in 2021 from just over 2 million in 2020.

May 2, 2022

Biden’s team puts up over $3 billion to boost US battery output

Grants will be made available to produce key battery metals such as lithium, cobalt and nickel.

May 2, 2022

The key minerals in an EV battery

The cells in the average battery with a 60 kilowatt-hour (kWh) capacity contained roughly 185 kilograms of minerals.

May 1, 2022

Europe’s Green Deal requires massive amounts of battery metals – study

About 35 times more lithium and 7 to 26 times the current amount of rare earth metals will be needed in Europe by 2050.

April 29, 2022

Trafigura seeks control of Zimbabwe’s metals for unpaid debts

Under the agreement, Trafigura will be paid $225.6 million by nickel and goldmining subsidiaries of state-run Kuvimba Mining.

April 29, 2022

Column: Europe urgently needs an accelerator in the critical metals race

The region's import dependency on enabling metals was already high and has turned critical since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, writes Andy Home.

April 29, 2022

CATL earnings drop as battery giant posts large derivatives position

CATL’s shares have fallen 30% this year.

April 28, 2022

Vale takes hit from nickel hedging amid record price spike

Miner renewed its nickel hedging program in 2022 to protect against huge price swings, but ended up losing out on $75 million in potential gains from the metal’s unprecedented rally.

April 28, 2022

Rubio questions Volkswagen’s ties to metal suppliers in China over human rights

The probe is part of a broader debate over humanitarian issues in supply chains for materials needed in clean energy technology.

April 28, 2022

Eramet raises profit target as metal prices outweigh costs

The company reported first-quarter sales of 1.2 billion euros, up nearly 80% from a year earlier.