RANKED: Top 20 EVs of 2021 – costs jump as lithium, cobalt, nickel prices surge

Ranking of world’s 20 best selling electric cars and their battery metals show automakers grappling with soaring raw material prices.

Frik Els | January 13, 2022 | 4:47 pm

Rushing headlong into electrification, the West is replacing one energy master with another

The US and its allies, such as Canada, the UK, the European Union, Australia, Japan and South Korea, face a dilemma when it comes to the global electrification of the transportation system.

Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | January 7, 2022 | 1:55 pm

Non-lithium stationary battery market shoots up in next decade — report

IDTechEx forecasts the market for non-lithium battery chemistries in stationary storage to grow at a CAGR of 61% between 2022-2032.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 19, 2021 | 6:18 am

GM partners with POSCO to build NA battery materials plant

GM did not disclose the planned investment or size of the facility but said it could announce a location in early 2022.

Reuters | December 1, 2021 | 11:08 am

Northvolt produces fully recycled battery cell

The cell was manufactured as part of the company’s recycling program Revolt.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 14, 2021 | 7:26 am

Value of battery metals in new electric cars set new record

MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index hit a new all-time monthly high as lithium, nickel and cobalt prices continue to rise.

MINING.com Editor | November 10, 2021 | 10:32 am

COP26 will be a colossal mining cop-out

New report lays out how the green energy transition “starts and ends with metals” but the required exponential growth in mining is a glaring hole in US and global decarbonisation strategies.

Frik Els | October 28, 2021 | 3:18 pm

Europe’s magnesium crunch poses another carbon conundrum

Magnesium seems to have slipped beneath the collective radar, writes Andy Home.

Reuters | October 26, 2021 | 7:47 am

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