Tesla eyes over $1 billion worth of Australian critical minerals a year
The electric cars giant already sources three quarters of its lithium feedstock and over a third of its nickel from Australia.
The electric cars giant already sources three quarters of its lithium feedstock and over a third of its nickel from Australia.
South America is home to rich deposits of gold, silver, copper, zinc and lithium.
The coronavirus pandemic highlighted the importance of securing supplies on a regional level and further strengthen western countries’ desire to end reliance on China.
IDTechEx sees redox flow batteries overtaking the li-ion battery energy capacity installed by 2031.
Edumine's Valuation of Mineral Projects course runs online July 12-16.
Global per-vehicle use of nickel and cobalt has fallen by a fifth over the past year – in China, it’s down by more than 40%.
The energy transition will be mineral intensive and create massive demand for all the metals in renewable tech.
The paradox of the green revolution is that public opinion is firmly in favour of decarbonisation but not the mines and smelters needed to get there.
The approach is deeply naive and very dangerous to the United States supply chain for electric vehicles, one executive said.
Lab tests show that concentrates from the Bissett Creek deposit are well suited for producing spherical graphite.