June 2, 2021 Tesla eyes over $1 billion worth of Australian critical minerals a year The electric cars giant already sources three quarters of its lithium feedstock and over a third of its nickel from Australia.
June 1, 2021 Talon drills Ni-Cu outside Tamarack resource The CGO East area has continuous nickel-copper mineralization over a strike length of more than 500 metres.
June 1, 2021 Australia’s Wyloo proposes ‘future metals hub’ for Ontario It plans to invest C$25 million in studies that will look at the potential to create a local battery metals supply chain in the province.
June 1, 2021 Global EV battery sales surge as demand for clean cars booms Sales of EV batteries rose to 65.9 gigawatt-hours in the January-April period, from 26.8 gigawatt-hours a year earlier, SNE Research said Tuesday.
June 1, 2021 Vale to suspend operations at Sudbury after failed labour talks This is the first time USW 6500 workers have been on the picketline since a year-long strike ended in July 2010.
May 31, 2021 Trudeau’s EV ambitions need strategic shift, nickel CEO says The coronavirus pandemic highlighted the importance of securing supplies on a regional level and further strengthen western countries’ desire to end reliance on China.
May 28, 2021 Cobalt, nickel price: Rapid LFP uptake dents EV bull case Global per-vehicle use of nickel and cobalt has fallen by a fifth over the past year – in China, it’s down by more than 40%.
May 26, 2021 Nissan said to be in talks to build battery plant in UK The gigafactory, which would be built on the existing Sunderland site, is expected to support the production of 200,000 batteries a year.
May 25, 2021 Forrest’s Wyloo Metals plans takeover offer for Noront Resources, stock surges Noront is developing nickel, copper, chrome and platinum projects in Ontario's Ring of Fire region.
May 25, 2021 Biden looks abroad for electric vehicle metals, in blow to US miners The approach would see the US rely on Canada, Australia, and Brazil - among others - to produce most of the critical raw materials needed.
Codelco, SQM seal lithium venture in Chile’s Atacama desert NovaAndino Litio, the venture, will control all lithium exploration, production and sales in the Atacama salar until 2060. December 27, 2025 | 09:38 am
