Umicore says the burgeoning electric-vehicle industry is switching to high-nickel batteries far faster than expected.

The hard-rock resource has the potential to host the third-biggest mine of its kind in China, according to ScienceNet.cn.

It plans build a new state-of-the-art car factory close to its headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany, to raise its game as electric-vehicle rival Tesla TSLA.O builds a plant near Berlin.

Syrah will add 180,000 square feet of real estate to its existing 50,000 square-foot Louisiana facility.

Scarcity of what is a critical input for EV batteries could potentially act as a powerful brake on e-mobility, writes Andy Home.

The Japanese miner it will triple its capital expenditure over the next three years to boost its output capacity of nickel and cathode materials used in batteries.