December 1, 2021

GM partners with POSCO to build NA battery materials plant

GM did not disclose the planned investment or size of the facility but said it could announce a location in early 2022.

December 1, 2021

Gold price rebounds, shrugs off hawkish comments from Powell

Gold posted a marginal loss last month as investors weighed the prospects of the Fed dialing back on stimulus amid elevated consumer prices.

December 1, 2021

Barrick, NovaGold to update $7.4bn Donlin feasibility

The Donlin project hosts one of the largest and highest grade undeveloped deposits in the world.

December 1, 2021

Asteroid “ideal for mining exploration” to enter Earth’s orbit next week

An asteroid as big as a football field has been singled out by scientists as an ideal target for a mining exploration mission.

December 1, 2021

Battery pack prices fall but commodity boom may drive them back up – report

BloombergNEF data show that lithium-ion battery pack prices fell 6% from 2020 to 2021 but rising commodity prices are putting pressure on the industry.

December 1, 2021

Adoption of renewables still too slow to limit climate crisis — IEA

Growth in the sector is set to hit an all-time record this year, but that's not enough to reach net zero emissions by 2050, says the agency.

November 30, 2021

Technology spat propels lithium’s biggest stock price swings

In the 12 months through Oct. 27, Standard Lithium soared more than 600% on the back of surging EV demand and the promise of a patented method of removing the…

November 30, 2021

The dirtiest fossil fuel in America has never been more expensive

US power plants are burning more coal amid a global shortage of natural gas.

November 30, 2021

Why OEMs are upping battery recycling capacity – report

According to IDTechEx, OEMs’ growing interest in battery recycling means that 12 million tonnes of li-ion batteries will be recycled by 2042.

November 30, 2021

Palladium ETF tops $100m in AUM for the first time

Institutional investors and the wealth management allocations bolster Nornickel's Global Palladium Fund AUM.