Column: Electric vehicles prove a bumpy ride for battery metals
Explosive price rallies in 2021 and 2022 resulted in too much new production capacity being brought online too quickly.
Explosive price rallies in 2021 and 2022 resulted in too much new production capacity being brought online too quickly.
The EU aims to sign a contract by the end of the year.
Earlier this month, India and US signed an initial pact to cooperate on strengthening supply chains for lithium, cobalt and other critical minerals.
The government's proposal to sell a stake in the company is also going on.
Graphene, whose powder has a high electrical and thermal conductivity, can be used to increase the storage capacity of lithium-ion batteries.
Chinese companies are expected to control 46% of the global cobalt mined supply by 2030.
Cornish Metals is getting closer to reopening the past-producing South Crofty tin mine in the UK.
Manara, a JV between Ma'aden and its $925 billion public investment fund, wants between 15% and 20% of the Zambian assets.
US-based Atlas last year raised $27 million for its nickel technology and said it aims to launch production at sites in Canada or the US by 2027 at commercial scale.
Rio’s third-quarter output edged up about 1% from a year earlier, while Brazil’s Vale beat estimates to churn out its highest volume since late-2018.