May 5, 2021 Gold price inches higher as US yields retreat The gold market is discounting Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's prior remarks about needing rate increases.
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.
Former BHP executive to be appointed Chile’s mining minister Santiago Montt, who has a doctorate in law from Yale University, will be named to President-Elect José Antonio Kast’s cabinet in a ceremony Tuesday evening. January 20, 2026 | 10:57 am
