The refinery expansion is part of the company's four-phase strategy to create a Battery Materials Park in the region.

Global automakers are amping up investments aimed at weaning car buyers away from fossil fuels and meeting increasingly tough decarbonization targets.

MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index hit a new all-time monthly high as lithium, nickel and cobalt prices continue to rise.

Sawiris changed the structure of his gold mining company La Mancha this summer to bring other investors into the $1.4 billion fund.

Nickel is the worst performing base metal in 2021, but the metal’s project pipeline covers less than 10% of requirements through 2030, says new report.

Not only are companies trying to improve performance, they also are trying to make batteries safer and with a lower price tag.