Copper dealt blow in battle for critical mineral status in the USThe Copper Development Association claims the USGS's refusal to include copper is based on old facts outside of its own 2022 methodology.MINING.COM Editor | May 23, 2023 | 9:50 am
Alpha Lithium rejects buyout bid by TecpetrolTecpetrol said it was prepared to engage with Alpha “immediately” and…Cecilia Jamasmie | May 23, 2023 | 3:40 am
Ford strikes lithium deals to support step up in EV outputFord has struck deals with Albemarle, SQM and Nemaska Lithium…Bloomberg News | May 22, 2023 | 9:22 am
Scientists explore development of indestructible batteries Researchers are using a first-of-its-kind analytical approach to building better batteries that could help make them indestructible. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 23, 2022 | 6:06 am
Value of battery metals in newly-sold EVs tops $1.5bn in single month MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index hit a new all-time monthly high as electric vehicle sales lift off and lithium, nickel and cobalt prices continue to rise. MINING.com Editor | February 22, 2022 | 3:48 pm
USGS publishes 2022 critical minerals list The new USGS critical minerals list adds 15 commodities while removing four. MINING.com Editor | February 22, 2022 | 1:23 pm
Biden set to tout US progress on critical minerals production Biden himself has said little about why his administration has blocked some mines while touting the need to boost domestic production of critical minerals. Reuters | February 22, 2022 | 10:08 am
Volkswagen plans IPO of Porsche to ignite EV shift momentum While the timing of a sale remains in flux, the IPO could happen in the second half of this year. Bloomberg News | February 22, 2022 | 7:52 am
Electric vehicle battery demand surge supercharges nickel Nickel rose to its highest level in more than a decade on Monday morning. Reuters | February 21, 2022 | 9:19 am
Mercedes-Benz foresees EV-only production lines within a few years It expects to have factories producing exclusively electric vehicles by the second half of the decade. Reuters | February 21, 2022 | 8:36 am
New project to investigate if California’s Lithium Valley is world’s largest brine source of lithium A $1.2 million project has been launched to both quantify and characterize the lithium resource in the Salton Sea geothermal field in California. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 20, 2022 | 6:26 am
Lithium prices rise on tight supply, strong China demand Chinese market participants were surprised that prices continued to rise rapidly after the recent Lunar New Year holidays. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 18, 2022 | 9:32 am