August 31, 2022

Toyota to invest $5.3 billion in Japan, US for EV battery supply

When the additional facilities come on line between 2024 and 2026, Toyota's battery production capacity in the two countries will have increased by 40 gigawatt-hours.

August 31, 2022

Chile’s President puts proposed mining tax on the table

Mining sector says new tax would add uncertainty to investment decisions needed to help fill a global copper supply deficit.

August 31, 2022

AI reveals melting temperature of all known earthly minerals

Prior to this development, less than 10% of the melting temperatures of the 200,000-plus inorganic compounds that have been identified on earth were known.

August 30, 2022

Increasing demand for US coal pushes workforce numbers up in Q2’22 — report

S&P Global Market Intelligence reports employment is trending upward, with a 1.9% increase quarterly and 15.8% yearly.

August 30, 2022

A 51-year-old era of global economics may be dying a slow death

Swiss Re has been above-consensus on price growth and below it on growth calls.

August 30, 2022

New aluminum-sulphur battery developed to lower cost of energy storage

In a paper published in the journal Nature, the researchers explain that the new battery architecture uses aluminum and sulphur as its two electrode materials.

August 29, 2022

Oil rises to highest in a month amidst global energy crunch

Cries of supply shortages continue to come from all corners.

August 29, 2022

Graphite One prefeasibility outlines $1.2bn capex for Alaska mine and Washington state plant

The company estimates it will take three years to permit and build the graphite manufacturing facility and on average, the plant would produce about 49,615 tonnes of anode material per…

August 29, 2022

Copper price back below $8,000 as hawkish Fed outweighs supply risk

“The recession fears are still there in the background,” said WisdomTree commodity strategist Nitesh Shah.

August 29, 2022

Honda and LG to build $4.4bn EV battery plant in US

They aim to produce 40 GW-hours of batteries annually at the plant — enough for more than 700,000 EVs, based on the IEA’s estimate.