Biden’s battery metals boost could ease US dependence on China
Reducing the US’s dependence on China for battery materials is a uniquely bipartisan issue.
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Canada to invest $1.6 billion on mineral strategy for EV battery supply chain
Canada last month announced financial support for building two facilities that will make battery materials for electric vehicles, and one battery gigafactory.
Global nickel smelting up in March despite Ukraine, satellite data shows
Russia supplies about 10% of the world's nickel.
‘Salty’ freeze-thaw battery a step toward seasonal storage
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a ‘freeze-thaw battery’ that locks in energy for months without losing much storage capacity.
Albemarle, Mineral Resources to speed up Wodgina lithium mine restart
The partners now expect first production from the idled lithium mine in May, to respond to "unprecedented” demand for the battery metal.
Kinross Gold to sell Russian assets to Highland for $680 million
The transaction, subject to Moscow's approval, is the first sale of a Western company’s assets in Russia since the start of the war in Ukraine.
Avalon partners with India’s Essar Group to build Ontario lithium refinery
The lithium refinery will be designed to accept concentrates from several pegmatite projects in Ontario's North.
US coal prices top $100/t for first time since 2008
Prices for coal from Central Appalachia surged 9% to $106.15 a ton last week, the highest since late 2008.
US coal power to fall 45% by decade’s end in shift from dirtiest fossil fuel
Electricity producers have announced plans to shutter 99.2 gigawatts of coal plants through 2030, IEEFA said in a report.
