May 5, 2021 Tesla consumes more lithium than four closest rivals combined The company led by Elon Musk deployed 18,700 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent in the batteries of its newly sold passenger EVs in 2020.
May 5, 2021 Metals price rally could hamper switch to green energy — IEA Prices for commodities — from lithium to cobalt — have hit record highs as demand for clean energy technologies increases.
May 5, 2021 Sam Zell buys gold with inflation ‘reminiscent of the ‘70s’ The billionaire investor is seeing inflation everywhere, and has bought gold as a hedge.
May 4, 2021 Idle oil wells may be the source of massive methane emissions — study Researchers at the University of Cincinnati studied, for the first time ever, methane emissions from inactive oil wells in the largest oil-producing region on Earth.
May 3, 2021 Livent results top expectations as lithium demand begins to rebound The company said it would resume expansions in the US and Argentina that had been paused last year.
May 3, 2021 Silver leads precious metals gains on dollar, factory data A gauge of factory activity fell in April from a more than 37-year high a month earlier.
May 3, 2021 EnergyX’s direct lithium extraction technology gets $20m boost According to EnergyX, the funding makes it the highest-valued direct lithium extraction technology company on the market.
May 2, 2021 What a smooth transition away from coal in the US could look like An expert from the University of Chicago says the US needs to leverage the social cost of carbon while remaining mindful of environmental justice and coal communities.
May 2, 2021 Manganese, nickel, silicon are main focus of battery research Roskill examined the potential of patent analysis to understand the lithium-ion battery technology landscape.
April 30, 2021 Two charts show why investors are right to love mining streaming companies New study says streaming and royalty deal flow will grow significantly over the next decade, move beyond gold and silver and expand outside the Americas.
China pledges to control steel output during 2026-2030 period In the first 11 months of 2025, China's crude steel output fell 4% from a year earlier. December 27, 2025 | 08:20 am
