Glencore, Britishvolt to jointly build battery recycling plant in the UK

Vanadium needs a big player in the global battery market to get behind the metal to share center stage with other energy-storage components such as lithium.

Authorities may consider potential revisions to the mining laws in order to make companies that already own concessions to work on them or else give them up.

The second largest ever private equity fund focused on mining closed in the first quarter – 13 funds aim to raise a further $4.9 billion in 2018.

One of the main problems, says the head of Chile’s Mining Society, Diego Hernández, is miners have no incentives to do anything with the assets they already own and is very cheap to keep them.

Chinese companies are leading the way in securing the raw materials needed for a massive expansion in battery capacity.

Softbank $100 billion fund buys into Canadian lithium miner in first deal of its kind as race to secure electric vehicle battery raw materials heats up.

The rapid proliferation of poisons in a widening variety of applications requires better monitoring and control.

The transaction is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of the year.

Michigan Potash Co. is closer than ever to start building a potash mine in the state.