Biden awards $2.8 billion to boost US minerals output for EV batteries

Albemarle and Piedmont are among the 20 manufacturing and processing companies winning US Energy Department grants.

Reuters | October 19, 2022 | 8:25 am

Researchers better understand what it takes to improve EV batteries’ performance

A scientific team tracked the real-time movement of lithium ions inside layered lithium nickel-rich oxides.

Staff Writer | October 18, 2022 | 5:05 am

Column: Xi’s commitment to energy transition is mixed for commodities

Commodity markets were given little to cheer about in President Xi Jinping’s address to the Communist Party Congress.

Reuters | October 17, 2022 | 10:32 am

Posco’s bold battery materials push dimmed by new US energy bill

By 2030, the Seoul-based steel giant forecasts it will have a production capacity of around 605,000 tons for cathode-active materials.

Bloomberg News | October 17, 2022 | 7:35 am

Australian lithium miner IGO says chief executive died suddenly

Peter Bradford had led IGO since March 2014 and was also president of the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies.

Reuters | October 16, 2022 | 7:06 pm

The world’s top 10 lithium mining companies

Lithium prices hit an all-time high this week as battery makers scramble to secure supply amid booming demand.

Visual Capitalist - Elements | October 14, 2022 | 10:54 am

Lithium price jumps to fresh all-time high

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence says spot market pricing will feed through to long term contracts signed by automakers.

Frik Els | October 13, 2022 | 12:11 pm

Column: How do you accelerate energy transition when current crisis slams the brakes

If the answer to the energy crisis is a faster rollout of renewable alternatives to fossil fuels, then the problem is that the current situation is hindering the solution.

Reuters | October 12, 2022 | 6:46 am

Volatility storm adds to pain for Chile’s battered markets

White-knuckle trading in Chilean assets is erasing the final traces of the country’s reputation as the most stable of Latin America.

Bloomberg News | October 11, 2022 | 7:32 am

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