The popularity of electric vehicles has driven prices for battery metals sharply higher, even sparking fears of shortages of materials like lithium, cobalt and nickel.

There are "very active discussions with a number of players" to develop an EV supply chain, Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said in an interview.

SRK Consulting believes Africa can be the ‘missing resources link’ as the world prepares for an accelerating energy transition.

ESG reporting standards were developed by and for finance and investment professionals without any input from Indigenous peoples and are failing to capture their rights and interests in companies’ ESG assessments, says First Nations Major Projects Coalition.

The alleged abuses attributed to all companies range from attacks on activists to violations of environmental laws to forced relocations.

Livent posted a net profit of $53.2 million for the first quarter, compared with a loss of $800,000 a year earlier.

Mexico's Congress last month passed a bill to nationalize lithium, tightening control of strategic mineral resources.