Under Scholz’s stewardship, the German industry is struggling to find new technologies and trade partners to provide the backbone for the coming green transformation.  

The transition from fossil fuels to electrified transportation and renewable energy is predicated on two assumptions, both of which are false.

A radioactive pond filled in and covered in grass in Sillamae, Estonia, is host to the only major processing plant outside Asia for rare earth metals used in the automotive industry.

Analysts say American Lithium‘s Tonopah project in Nevada could run at world-beating costs.

Analysts are cautious that China's recovery may not live up to bullish expectations and that prices have got ahead of themselves.

"The number of folks talking about JVs and onshoring is very different than even just a couple of years ago,” said DOE Chelsea Sexton.

The country has offered the US car maker incentives ranging from tax breaks to a concession to mine nickel.