March 11, 2021

Contractor asks Australia to review asset sale by China’s Tianqi Lithium

MSP Engineering asks the Foreign Investment Review Board to review a sale of Tianqi’s Australian lithium business to nickel miner IGO after Tianqi refused to pay it for constructing a…

March 11, 2021

Lithium Australia’s cathode material manufacturing process granted patent

Lithium Australia and VSPC want to provide practical solutions for electric vehicle manufacturers seeking cobalt-free batteries.

March 10, 2021

PDAC: Canada poised to become global leader in EV manufacturing – minister of industry

As countries worldwide begin to electrify their transportation systems, Canada offers unique advantages, says Francois-Philippe Champagne.

March 10, 2021

Tianqi Lithium to appeal after court orders it to pay Australian contractor

A court ruled ordering the company to pay $30 million in arrears to MSP engineering.

March 9, 2021

Home: Battery metals buzz is back as Europe reboots EV sector

Cobalt and lithium have jumped back to life in 2021, with prices rallying hard in January and February.

March 9, 2021

NEO to work with silicon nano-coating technology for battery anode materials

The Canadian company has acquired three patents related to battery anode materials from South Korea’s Yonsei University.

March 9, 2021

AVZ Minerals secures second agreement for spodumene

AVZ said the second offtake agreement with the Chinese lithium products maker was for the supply of up to 180,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate per year from it's Manono Lithium…

March 8, 2021

This is how China plans to be greener by 2025

The country plans to reduce carbon emissions per unit of gross domestic product by 18% through 2025.

March 8, 2021

Ganfeng joins China Minmetals lithium salt lake project for $225m

The move will give Ganfeng, one of the world's top producers of lithium chemicals used in EV batteries, its first salt lake asset in China.

March 5, 2021

EV rollout will require huge investments in strained US power grids

During several days of brutal cold in Texas, the city of Austin saw its fleet of 12 new electric buses rendered inoperative by a statewide power outage.