Argentina moves to stop wetlands bill from foiling lithium boom

The country has been working on legislation to protect its wetlands amid sprawling fires often blamed on farmers.

Bloomberg News | March 7, 2023 | 9:20 am

Tesla, GM follow own shareholders with push into lithium miners

Investors and car makers continue to bet on lithium miners, wagering that a shift toward EVs will become a permanent trend.

Bloomberg News | March 7, 2023 | 9:15 am

Scientists work on solid-state battery that uses fewer ‘problem’ metals

Researchers have developed a new strategy to build solid-state batteries that are less dependent on specific chemical elements, particularly expensive metals with supply chain issues.

Staff Writer | March 7, 2023 | 6:06 am

Cobalt market saw record-breaking supply boom in 2022

Mined cobalt supply grew by 23% to 187,060 tons in 2022, in a supply swell that wiped out a large deficit seen in 2021.

Bloomberg News | March 6, 2023 | 4:45 pm

Battery metals projects catch eye of pension funds and carmakers

The rush for metals needed to power electric vehicles has “clearly brought the sector into a spotlight that it wasn’t in a few years ago,” BMO analyst says.

Bloomberg News | March 6, 2023 | 2:14 pm

Palladium One grabs more critical minerals assets with acquisition of MetalCorp

MetalCorp's main assets are the North Rock copper-nickel project and the Big Lake copper-zinc-gold-silver project in Ontario.

Staff Writer | March 6, 2023 | 9:32 am

Ontario OKs Ring of Fire road review plan by First Nations

The area’s most advanced project is Ring of Fire Metals’ Eagle’s Nest nickel project.

Colin McClelland | March 6, 2023 | 7:10 am

Newly discovered protein supports efficient refining of REEs

Switzerland-based researchers discovered lanpepsy, a protein which specifies rare earth elements and discriminates them from other minerals and metals.

Staff Writer | March 6, 2023 | 6:06 am

Shortage of metals for EVs is rising up the agenda in automakers’ C-suites

Auto sector executives increasingly anxious about surging prices and tighter supply of metals used in electric vehicle batteries.

Bloomberg News | March 5, 2023 | 10:05 am

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