"There is a legitimate concern on the side of the vehicle manufacturers."

When it comes to new lithium mine supply how soon is now?

New investors are being pulled into the mining industry as demand and prices for battery materials like lithium and cobalt spike.

The Sí a la Tierra Viva platform rejects the miner's proposal.

Researchers at West Virginia University expect to start extracting, refining and taking to market rare earth elements in a couple of years.

Nemaska Lithium agreement with private equity giant Orion Mine Finance comes a week after $100B Japanese technology fund bought a stake in Quebec-based firm.

Increasing disposable income in emerging economies and the adoption of greener technologies, are the two factors to drive most of the expected increased demand in copper during the next five years.

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.