July 23, 2021

EV startup Lucid risks SPAC deal collapse on no-show holders

Lucid Motors is on the verge of completing a merger that will give the Saudi-owned EV startup $4.5 billion in fresh capital.

July 23, 2021

Tight battery market is next test for EVs after chip crisis

Rising demand from electric vehicles and challenges in securing raw materials will deliver a battery supply crunch for automakers, according to a key Chinese manufacturer.

July 22, 2021

How transition metals destabilize high-energy-density li-ion batteries

Japanese scientists discovered that high-valent transition metals destabilize lattice oxygen in oxide-based battery materials.

July 21, 2021

US judge to rule by July 29 on request to block Lithium Americas mine

Environmentalists sued earlier this year to block the proposed mine, arguing that it could threaten sage grouse habitats and that the former President Donald Trump's administration erred when it approved…

July 20, 2021

In push to supply Tesla, Piedmont Lithium irks North Carolina neighbors

Company last autumn signed a deal to supply US electric automaker Tesla Inc with lithium sourced from its deposits in North Carolina.

July 19, 2021

EV Metal Index quadruples year-on-year as lithium, nickel prices rally

MINING.COM’s tracker of the value of battery metals in newly sold electric cars surges from pandemic lows, grows 18% month-month as lithium and nickel prices resume upward march.

July 19, 2021

LME launches six new contracts, including lithium and scrap aluminium

The LME had delayed the launch of its lithium hydroxide and the five other new contracts from an original date of June 14.

July 18, 2021

Vulcan Energy signs lithium hydroxide supply deal with LG Chem unit

It is the first deal of its kind for Vulcan's project in Germany, and would account for a quarter of total output once the project is fully ramped up from…

July 16, 2021

Dawn of a mining supercycle. Are you taking the fizz?

MINING.COM takes issue with a new white paper by Wood Mackenzie forecasting the varying impacts of the green energy transition on metals and mining demand.

July 16, 2021

Small miners aim for European supply chain for EV independent from China

Growing demand for electric vehicles has spurred small-scale miners of the lithium, cobalt and rare earths.