June 24, 2022 Rio Tinto to help Mongolia tackle climate change, desertification Between 2022 and 2026, the Anglo-American miner's local unit will help the east Asian country tackle its national climate change commitments.
June 24, 2022 CATL’s 1,000-kilometer range EV battery picked by Li Auto, Hozon The “Qilin” battery has a range of more than 1,000 kilometers on one charge, energy density of up to 255 watt-hours per kilogram, and is safer and more durable than existing cells,…
June 24, 2022 Japan to end financing of key coal projects under climate pledge Asia’s second-largest economy will stop providing government-backed yen loans to the Matarbari 2 coal expansion project in Bangladesh.
June 23, 2022 Real environmental impact of nuclear power generation revealed A new analysis accounts for the volume of resources extracted from the lithosphere during the life cycle of nuclear power generation.
June 22, 2022 Indonesia plans to hike tin royalty tariff, make it more progressive The current royalty tariff for tin is set at 3% and imposed on production but based on the sale price.
June 21, 2022 Kia picks batteries from CATL for EV sold at home CATL, whose clients include Tesla and Volkswagen, is the world's largest battery maker.
June 21, 2022 Toyota joins Redwood Materials’ EV battery recycling initiative The US startup is building a closed-loop battery ecosystem aimed at lowering EV costs by lessening dependence on imported materials.
June 20, 2022 Surging energy prices force Japanese steel giant to revisit coal Nippon Steel currently has minority stakes in six coking coal assets, mostly in Australia.
June 20, 2022 Vedanta selling halted copper smelter, four years later The southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu closed it in 2018 after 13 people died when police opened fire on protesters.
June 17, 2022 Recycler Li-Cycle eyes Asia foray to feed battery metal boom Li-Cycle is among a handful of companies looking to cash in on demand for the recovered materials, with companies including Tesla Inc. expressing concerns over supplies of nickel and lithium.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
