October 22, 2018

BASF and Nornickel join forces in European EV battery push

The move is part of BASF plans to invest up to 400 million euros ($462 million) as a first step in building production plants for cathode materials in Europe.

October 22, 2018

Nutrien says SQM top shareholder seeking to block Tianqi deal for ‘personal benefit’

Nutrien’s executive vice-president Michael Webb, described Julio Ponce, the Chilean miner’s top shareholder and former chairman, as a “hypocrite” and urged him to “look beyond himself."

October 19, 2018

Canada invests $12m to extract magnesium from asbestos tailings

The government has introduced new regulations to ban asbestos and products containing asbestos, but they don't apply to residues left from mining the carcinogenic material.

October 17, 2018

Chilean govt to seek international arbitration over Albemarle contract

Albemarle failed to make a "serious" offer for its annual production capacity to be provided at a discounted rate - Corfo

October 17, 2018

World’s top miner embracing the boom in electric car batteries

BHP Billiton Ltd. is boosting sales of the top-quality nickel that’s needed for electric vehicle batteries, another sign that the world’s biggest miner is targeting more opportunities in the booming…

October 17, 2018

Chinese electric car makers, nurtured by state, now look for way out of glut

Government promises action, raising fears of consolidation.

October 16, 2018

The dirt on clean electric cars is just under the hood

Clean cars, dirty batteries.

October 16, 2018

Dutch battery maker to invest $1.9B in China cell factory

Dutch battery maker Lithium Werks BV, founded earlier this year, is investing 1.6 billion euros ($1.85 billion) in a massive lithium-ion cell factory in China as demand for batteries is…

October 16, 2018

Vale rules out major acquisitions

CEO Fabio Schvartsman said the company would only invest further in nickel if global prices for the metal rise from $13,000 per tonne currently to around $20,000 per tonne.

October 15, 2018

Europe to spend billions on lithium-ion battery plants

The goal is to reduce reliance on batteries from Asia, particularly China and South Korea.