July 2, 2021 New recycling techniques set to make electric vehicles greener The new methods involve retrieving parts of the battery so they can be reused, which can drastically cut costs and carbon emissions.
June 30, 2021 CHART: Study predicts over 400% increase in copper, lithium, nickel battery demand BloombergNEF turns super bullish about metals demand for batteries – ups forecast 35% to 2.7 terawatt hours per year by 2030 as electric cars take off.
June 30, 2021 Glencore paid $5.8bn to governments in 2020 Payments to governments in 2020 were lower due to pandemic disruption.
June 30, 2021 Renault pledges to cut battery costs 60% this decade in EV push Renault also plans to lower the cost of its electric motors by 30%, make them more compact and extend their range.
June 29, 2021 CHARTS: China’s overseas copper mining scramble Chinese state and private investors have spent more than $16 billion over the last decade buying copper mines and projects including nearly 50 in Africa.
June 29, 2021 Aluminum premia spike on planned Russian export tax Russia has proposed introducing an export duty on steel, copper, nickel and aluminium to curb rising inflation.
June 29, 2021 How old fossil-fueled power stations can be transformed into clean energy facilities An analysis by IDTechEx presents the case for turning dying power plants into clean energy storage facilities.
June 29, 2021 Green Lithium’s plan to develop UK’s first commercial lithium refinery off to great start The London-based company has just received £1.6 million in seed round funding.
June 28, 2021 Most Belarus potash exports not affected by EU sanctions – analysts Belarus' main export product, namely potash with 60% potassium content, is not on the EU's list of sanctioned items, industry analysts pointed out.
June 28, 2021 Nornickel sees $500m hit from new export duties – RIA Russia has introduced temporary new export taxes for steel products, nickel, aluminum and copper.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
