SRK Consulting believes Africa can be the ‘missing resources link’ as the world prepares for an accelerating energy transition.

ESG reporting standards were developed by and for finance and investment professionals without any input from Indigenous peoples and are failing to capture their rights and interests in companies’ ESG assessments, says First Nations Major Projects Coalition.

Livent posted a net profit of $53.2 million for the first quarter, compared with a loss of $800,000 a year earlier.

Mexico's Congress last month passed a bill to nationalize lithium, tightening control of strategic mineral resources.

Grants will be made available to produce key battery metals such as lithium, cobalt and nickel.

The cells in the average battery with a 60 kilowatt-hour (kWh) capacity contained roughly 185 kilograms of minerals.

CATL increased its market position to 35% in March.