March 17, 2021

Natural anode-grade graphite to enter the EV race

Urbix has developed a spheroidization process to make natural anode-grade graphite compete with synthetic anodes.

March 16, 2021

Nickel demand for EVs to outpace lithium and cobalt – report

Fitch expects nickel demand for EV battery manufacturing to average 29% annual growth rate until 2030.

March 16, 2021

Greensill Capital sued in US as miner claims finance fraud

Greensill’s collapse presents “a clear and present threat” to Bluestone Resources, the coal miner said.

March 16, 2021

Clayton Valley lithium project closer to maiden resource estimate

Spearmint's recently completed 10-hole drill program in Nevada discovered lithium in every hole.

March 16, 2021

What countries will fight over when green energy dominates

A growing number of research organizations, universities and governments have started gaming out the gritty geopolitical implications of a globe dominated by green energy.

March 15, 2021

Lithium prices continue to soar – up 88% in 2021

Benchmark says some Chinese lithium carbonate producers are putting up sold out signs as domestic prices surge to two-year highs.

March 15, 2021

Mick Davis launches $300 million battery metals SPAC

Vision Blue has also invested in Ferro-Alloy Resources, which is developing a vanadium project in Kazakhstan.

March 15, 2021

VW plans to be battery juggernaut in $29 billion answer to Tesla

Company is stepping up its game to become the world’s biggest electric-car maker with a plan to build six battery factories in Europe.

March 15, 2021

How copper, silver can make swimming pools safer

US-based researchers found that copper-silver ionization can decrease disinfection byproducts and cell toxicity of chlorinated swimming pool water.

March 12, 2021

American drillers line up to unlock Colombian copper riches

Authorities plan to award five copper exploration blocks by the end of June in Cordoba and La Guajira provinces.