Scientists one step closer to producing more efficient lithium-ion batteries They deposited copper on the ion-bombarded graphite. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 27, 2018 | 6:21 am
Electric vehicles seen driving cobalt crunch by mid-2020s Demand for electric vehicles, using cobalt in batteries, could spark a deficit of cobalt as soon as 2022. Reuters | May 25, 2018 | 10:49 am
Chinese battery firms join Responsible Cobalt Initiative German car manufacturer Daimler also joined the RCI last month. Reuters | May 25, 2018 | 10:13 am
In lithium hot spot, ghost towns recall another boom gone bust While lithium today isn’t the linchpin of Chile’s economy (that would be copper), miners are aggressively expanding production. Bloomberg News | May 25, 2018 | 9:27 am
Lithium price: Massive supply response gets underway SQM, world no 3 lithium miner, plans to nearly quadruple capacity in fewer than three years – to the equivalent of 84% of global output last year. Frik Els | May 24, 2018 | 3:13 pm
Report: Mining needs $100–$150 billion to meet EV demand McKinsey asks if the availability and rising prices of cobalt, lithium, copper and nickel will constrain greater electric vehicle penetration. Frik Els | May 24, 2018 | 1:25 pm
Chile high court declines to weigh in on lithium spat at Maricunga In a written decision, it said it was "the responsibility of the lower-court judge" who is reviewing the case and was not a constitutional issue. Reuters | May 24, 2018 | 10:59 am
Mergers and acquisitions in Canada stage exceptional comeback in Q1 However, the Canadian Mining Eye index — which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior mining companies — dropped 8% in the three months to March 2018. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 24, 2018 | 10:20 am
Chile’s SQM says will boost lithium capacity by 2021 Chilean miner SQM said on Thursday that it would invest $525 million to boost its lithium production capacity in Chile through 2021. Reuters | May 24, 2018 | 9:44 am
