2021 saw a surge in new electrodeposited copper foil manufacturing capacity – just one use leading to a 5-fold increase in copper demand from EVs over the next decade.

Tesla's most important products in 2022 and next year will not be cars, CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday.

Scientists believe the devices have the potential to be the ultimate rechargeable batteries, with theoretical energy densities several times that of currently available lithium-ion batteries.

The companies have partnered up to extract cobalt, lithium carbonate and nickel hydroxide from recycled battery materials.

Most ambitious European automaker and Warren Buffet-backed Chinese EV and battery manufacturer unlapped themselves in 2021, at best.

BHP has partnered with three universities whose research is expected to challenge the current understanding of the nickel mineral system.