May 1, 2022

Europe’s Green Deal requires massive amounts of battery metals – study

About 35 times more lithium and 7 to 26 times the current amount of rare earth metals will be needed in Europe by 2050.

April 29, 2022

Ford and GM need US battery sector to avert another supply shock

Where will Ford get all the lithium and other metals for the many electric vehicles the company plans to produce?

April 29, 2022

Column: Europe urgently needs an accelerator in the critical metals race

The region's import dependency on enabling metals was already high and has turned critical since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, writes Andy Home.

April 29, 2022

CATL earnings drop as battery giant posts large derivatives position

CATL’s shares have fallen 30% this year.

April 29, 2022

Opinion: World lacks time, not minerals for climate-saving technology

The Russian invasion of Ukraine, covid-related supply chain disruptions, and rising inflation have all fuelled a narrative that the clean energy transition will be highly inflationary.

April 28, 2022

Rubio questions Volkswagen’s ties to metal suppliers in China over human rights

The probe is part of a broader debate over humanitarian issues in supply chains for materials needed in clean energy technology.

April 28, 2022

Top bid for lithium up 140% after Musk’s ‘insane levels’ call

Pilbara Minerals Ltd.’s auction of spodumene concentrate attracted a top bid of $5,650 a ton on Wednesday.

April 27, 2022

Pilbara Minerals quarterly output drops as labour crunch bites

Shipments of spodumene concentrate tumbled more than 25% from the December quarter.

April 27, 2022

Business group blasts Mexico’s new lithium law as violating trade deal

The business group warned that Mexico will have to compensate companies with active mining concessions if their rights are violated.

April 27, 2022

GM says it has battery metals secured as industry frets supply

GM’s chief executive officer is confident the automaker will have enough materials to build 400,000 electric vehicles this year and in 2023.