Toyota, CATL shut plants in Sichuan as power crisis worsens Floods in the northern Shanxi province, the biggest coal producer, are also leading to mine closures that could impact the wider electricity market. Bloomberg News | August 17, 2022 | 9:08 am
Congo PM to mediate dispute over Tenke copper and cobalt mine Exports from the mine, which accounted for more than 10% of global cobalt output in 2021, were suspended a month ago. Reuters | August 17, 2022 | 8:12 am
Graphite in EV batteries creates conundrum under US climate bill Graphite, which is mostly produced in China, may cause issues. Bloomberg News | August 16, 2022 | 3:47 pm
Column: US hits the EV accelerator to cut Chinese metals ties The Inflation Reduction Act marks another big movement in the reshaping of critical mineral supply chains, writes Andy Home. Reuters | August 16, 2022 | 9:01 am
LME bans Russian nickel from approved UK warehouses Decision follows an April 1 resolution that blocked other Russian metals including copper, lead and aluminum from British warehouses. MINING.COM Editor | August 16, 2022 | 6:28 am
Not just metals – energy can also be recovered from discarded batteries Taiwan-based researchers figured out how to efficiently extract residual energy from waste batteries. Staff Writer | August 16, 2022 | 5:05 am
OZ Minerals gets final nod for key copper-nickel project West Musgrave was on track for a final investment decision in the current half of 2022. Reuters | August 15, 2022 | 10:19 am
Giga Metals, Mitsubishi to jointly develop Turnagain nickel deposit in Canada The partners have created a new company, Hard Creek Nickel Corp, to develop the nickel-cobalt deposit in northern British Columbia. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 15, 2022 | 6:12 am
Mercedes, CATL partner on $7.6 billion Hungary battery plant The plant will have capacity of 100 gigawatt hours, enough to power more than 1 million cars, and will run on renewable energy. Bloomberg News | August 12, 2022 | 9:27 am