January 28, 2019 In the new lithium ‘Great Game,’ Germany edges out China in Bolivia "This partnership secures lithium supplies for us and breaks the Chinese monopoly" - Wolfgang Tiefensee economy minister of the German state of Thuringia, an automotive manufacturing hub.
January 25, 2019 How the US lost the plot on rare earths If Cold War Presidents from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan knew that the nation’s national defense rested on technologies coming from its former and current adversaries, they would surely be…
January 25, 2019 China’s lithium hydroxide exports to rise this year – Pilbara CEO Chinese producers such as Ganfeng and General Lithium have new plants that have been commissioning since Q3'18 and are starting to hit their stride.
January 25, 2019 Explorex Resources scraps plans to buy battery metals project in Finland The Canadian miner won't be buying the Hautalampi cobalt, nickel, copper project in eastern Finland at this time due to financing issues.
January 25, 2019 Flagship Volkswagen plant transforms for EV era German carmaker will invest 870 million euros ($985 million) by 2020 to develop e-vehicle components, including batteries and charging stations.
January 24, 2019 SQM just made it very difficult for Tianqi to access company secrets The lithium miner, the world’s second largest producer of the white metal, has approved additional measures to protect corporate data considered confidential from China'a Tianqi, which recently bought almost a…
January 23, 2019 First Cobalt advances Iron Creek First Cobalt Corp addresses permitting and environmental baseline studies at its Iron Creek cobalt project.
January 23, 2019 Toyota, Panasonic setting up EV battery JV amid rising China competition: source The joint venture, to be owned 51 percent by Toyota and the rest by Panasonic, could also provide batteries to Toyota’s EV technology partners Mazda Corp (7261.T) and Subaru Corp…
January 23, 2019 Germany to fund research facility for EV battery technology The German car industry shouldn’t depend on Asian suppliers.
January 23, 2019 World’s top maker of battery cells for EVs to open German plant in 2021 China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) plans to produce 60 gigawatt hours by the fifth year of its German plant operations.
China to rein in copper, alumina capacity expansion under next five-year plan The country's economic planner will tighten oversight of copper and alumina projects from 2026 to 2030 to curb irrational investment. December 26, 2025 | 04:10 am
