This road could save the planet — and carve up Alaskan wilderness The remote Ambler Mining District contains massive lodes of minerals essential to cleantech, but extracting them will likely make an ecological mess. Bloomberg News | February 27, 2023 | 12:17 pm
Column: Nickel’s electric dreams turn into a pricing nightmare The global nickel market flipped from deficit to surplus over the course of 2022. Reuters | February 27, 2023 | 7:55 am
A $1.5 billion hoard of copper and cobalt is piling up in Congo By now, there are about 120,000 tons of copper and around 12,500 tons of cobalt stuck waiting to leave the country. Bloomberg News | February 27, 2023 | 7:37 am
Stellantis buys into Argentina copper in race for battery metals The automaker has its eye on one of the world’s bigger underdeveloped copper deposits in Argentina’s San Juan province. Bloomberg News | February 27, 2023 | 7:21 am
Decree adds to doubts about Mexican lithium industry’s future President Lopez Obrador recently established a more than 900-square-mile lithium mining zone in the Sonora state. Reuters | February 27, 2023 | 7:01 am
US to loan Li-Cycle $375 million for New York recycling plant Li-Cycle's Rochester, New York, processing facility is slated to open later this year. Reuters | February 27, 2023 | 6:46 am
Research institutions, US Army partner to identify risks in critical minerals supply chain Over 100 industrial scientists, WPI faculty, and graduate and undergraduate students are engaged in more than 20 research projects. Staff Writer | February 27, 2023 | 5:50 am
Recharge Industries grabs failed startup Britishvolt The Australian firm has bought Britishvolt, which planned a battery factory in the UK to power EVs, out of administration. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 27, 2023 | 5:33 am
Jindalee claims McDermitt project is the largest lithium deposit in US The Australian miner says its project, on the Nevada-Oregon border, has overtaken Lithium America’s Thacker pass by contained lithium in mineral resource. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 27, 2023 | 3:57 am