LME faces UK regulatory review over nickel market turmoil The Financial Conduct Authority will review the suspension and resumption of the nickel market last month. Bloomberg News | April 4, 2022 | 7:54 am
LME introduces 15% daily price limits for all metals The exchange suspended nickel trading on March 8 after prices spiked by more than 50% to hit $100,000 a tonne. Reuters | April 4, 2022 | 7:24 am
Carmakers dream of clean, green, mean electric machines An electric car is a clean car, right? If only it were so simple. Reuters | April 4, 2022 | 6:56 am
Canadian technology to recover strategic metals from spent Li-ion batteries gets $18m in funding Lithion Recycling’s technology is able to recover 95% of strategic materials from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries and industrial waste. Staff Writer | April 3, 2022 | 6:04 am
Carmakers will “need to become miners” – Benchmark Even if every lithium, cobalt, nickel and graphite green and brownfield project in the pipeline comes on stream “there will not be enough” raw material going into 2030. Frik Els | April 1, 2022 | 12:09 pm
Panasonic to spend $5 billion on EV batteries, software The Osaka-based manufacturer will invest 400 billion yen in growth segments including electric-vehicle cells. Bloomberg News | April 1, 2022 | 11:39 am
LME nickel volumes tumbled 28% in March amid shutdown The average daily volume of combined LME nickel futures and options slumped to 64,952 lots in March. Reuters | April 1, 2022 | 9:45 am
New thermal management network aims to make Li-ion batteries safer A 3D, thermally-conductive boron nitride network greatly improves thermal conductivity compared to random distribution in lithium-ion batteries. Staff Writer | April 1, 2022 | 6:06 am
US senator says Defense Production Act won’t move needle without fixing mining permitting “Despite his climate pledges, President Biden has done nothing meaningful to boost American mineral production," says Senator John Barrasso. Staff Writer | March 31, 2022 | 11:19 am