New copper composite to support wider EV adoption US-based researchers produced a lighter weight conductive material by depositing and aligning carbon nanotubes on flat copper substrates. MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 28, 2020 | 6:30 am
First LiSTR direct lithium extraction facility in US open LiSTR is an environmentally friendly technology that selectively extracts lithium ions from tail brine. MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 28, 2020 | 6:27 am
Piedmont Lithium stock soars on confirmed Tesla deal Piedmont had accidentally released the five-year agreement last week, following the hyped “Tesla Battery Days.” Cecilia Jamasmie | September 28, 2020 | 4:57 am
Hedge fund bets on lithium miner after big electric vehicle win Formidable Asset Management sees Lithium Americas as a “differentiated operator” within the sector. Bloomberg News | September 25, 2020 | 2:19 pm
Visualizing the range of EVs on major highway routes 2020 all-electric vehicle range on well-recognized routes, from California’s I-5 in the U.S. to the A3 autobahn in Germany. Visual Capitalist | September 25, 2020 | 1:22 pm
California is banning gasoline cars. Now the EV race begins Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered regulators to phase out the internal combustion engine and ban the sale of all new gasoline-fueled cars after 2035. Bloomberg News | September 25, 2020 | 12:51 pm
Artisanal mining linked to UN sustainable development goals – report The first assessment of the relationships between ASM and United Nations sustainable development goals is being brought to the General Assembly. Amanda Stutt | September 25, 2020 | 12:47 pm
MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Pebble Partnership CEO resigns, metals and mining stock price massacre... MINING.com Editor | September 25, 2020 | 10:22 am
Mines are the biggest holes in Tesla’s $25,000 car plans “We sorta take a chunk of dirt out of the ground, remove the lithium, and put the chunk of dirt back where it was. It will not look, like, terrible. It will be nice.” Frik Els | September 24, 2020 | 3:08 pm