March 1, 2021

New lead battery technology could be lower-cost solution to store solar energy

Engineers are working to incorporate a bipolar technology that uses silicon wafers in traditional lead batteries.

February 26, 2021

Nickel, cobalt price: 10 charts show China’s grip on battery supply chain to last decades

Beijing's response to Biden executive order on critical minerals: "Artificial efforts to shift these chains and to decouple is not realistic."

February 26, 2021

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Freeport to expand US copper mines as Biden moves to electrify the nation; Minnesota court hands victory to PolyMet copper-nickel project; Sibanye-Stillwater to invest in European lithium company.

February 26, 2021

Musk says nickel price is ‘biggest concern’ for electric-car batteries

Tesla CEO said that the company is shifting some cars to a type of battery that uses iron instead.

February 26, 2021

Orocobre forecasts higher lithium prices as market outlook brightens

The lithium and borax miner said net loss after tax widened to $29.1 million for the half-year ended Dec. 31, from $18.9 million last year.

February 26, 2021

Canada losing ground on new mining projects – report

The Mining Association of Canada says the total 10-year projected value of $82 billion for new projects remains nearly 50% below the 2014 level of $160 billion.

February 25, 2021

Lynas beats profit estimates as prices of rare earths soar

Earlier this month, the US Department of Defense awarded $30 million in funds to build a facility in Texas to Lynas.

February 25, 2021

Tesla to cut Model 3 production in US for two weeks

One person said a chip shortage may have affected the production cutback, which would last until March 7.

February 25, 2021

Hyundai’s $900m recall shows EV glory is no one-way road

Company's recall of nearly 82,000 electric vehicles highlights how costly the shift to the industry’s new frontier can be for all the automakers piling in, both to their balance sheets…

February 25, 2021

Project to capture 90% of all spent Li-ion batteries in US gets government funding

The project is led by Everledger, HP, Call2Recycle and Fairphone.