Police documents show gold illegally mined in Brazil has been sold sold to Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Google-parent Alphabet.

With the debut of the electric Chevrolet Blazer this week, we’re starting to get a clearer sense of the Ultium battery system General Motors has been developing.

Ford Motor Co.’s new laundry list of battery-metals suppliers reads like a who’s who of the mining world, spanning the globe from Argentine lithium to Indonesian nickel.

Gold headed for its first weekly advance since early June as investors weighed renewed concerns over economic growth.

Ford said it has now sourced about 70% of the battery cell capacity it needs to achieve its annual production rate of more than 2 million by late 2026.

The Lithium Technical Development Center was built to demonstrate the chemical process designed for the company’s Thacker Pass lithium project in Humboldt county.

Despite rising worldwide aluminum demand, Alcoa will be pinched by escalating costs for energy and raw materials, CEO Roy Harvey said.