June 15, 2021 Canada, EU in raw materials pact to cut China reliance “We as Europeans want to diversify our imports away from producers like China because we want more sustainability, less environmental damage and we want transparency on raw materials.”
June 15, 2021 Volkswagen seeks partners for battery metals race Volkswagen aims to overtake Tesla as the global EV leader by the middle of the decade.
June 14, 2021 Members of Vale Sudbury nickel miners’ union reject new offer Vale was obliged to halt the mine after the workers rejected its initial offer.
June 14, 2021 Voisey’s Bay underground expansion delivers first ore Mine in Northern Labrador has started the production at its Reid Brook deposit.
June 14, 2021 Home: A nickel refinery tops US battery metals wish list The Department of Energy has identified Class 1 nickel, the type best suited to lithium-ion batteries, as both key vulnerability and key opportunity.
June 10, 2021 Waterton seeks up to $1 billion for Dumont nickel mine The auction is expected to draw interest from other miners, automakers, battery makers and financial players.
June 10, 2021 Electric vehicles a $7 trillion market opportunity to 2030 – report BloombergNEF forecasts global sales of zero-emission cars rising to 70% of the market by 2040, thus making demand for battery metals soar.
June 9, 2021 FPX Nickel tests potential carbon neutral operation at Baptiste Carbon sequestration rates at the project were 50% greater than the average rates of capture at BHP’s Mount Keith mine in Western Australia.
June 9, 2021 EU should promote moratorium on deep-sea mining, lawmakers say Deep-sea mining would extract cobalt, copper, nickel, and manganese from nodules which pepper the sea floor at depths of 4-6 kilometres.
June 8, 2021 US must work with allies to secure electric vehicle metals – White House Biden has vowed to work with allies to secure minerals needed for EV vehicle batteries and process them domestically.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
