Canadian government backs international moratorium on deep sea mining 

Lithium prices hit an all-time high this week as battery makers scramble to secure supply amid booming demand.

States have been competing to lure companies since at least the Great Depression, but the scale and the ferocity of it now are unprecedented.

Globally just 17% of electronic waste is collected and recycled on average.

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence says spot market pricing will feed through to long term contracts signed by automakers.

New research reveals demand for copper in the wire harness in light duty vehicles will grow to over 1.7 million annual tonnes by 2025.

Electra is currently retrofitting its existing cobalt sulphate refinery in Temiskaming Shores, Ontario, to accommodate its proprietary hydrometallurgical process designed to treat black mass.

It will be one of the largest battery recycling facilities operating in North America.

Investors piled into The Metals Company on Wednesday after it said it completed its first collection run of battery metals from more than four kilometres below the surface of the Pacific ocean.

The two companies will initially invest $3.5 billion and create 2,200 jobs at the battery facility in southwestern Ohio.