May 2, 2022

The key minerals in an EV battery

The cells in the average battery with a 60 kilowatt-hour (kWh) capacity contained roughly 185 kilograms of minerals.

April 18, 2022

Syrah Resources gets $107m loan for Louisiana EV battery plant

Syrah has a deal to supply anodes to Tesla starting in 2024.

April 18, 2022

Top 50 stage.mining.companies power through covid adding $1 trillion in value

Buoyant lithium, copper and gold prices lift value of top 50 mining stocks $1 trillion above covid lows – Russian miners prove resilient. 

April 15, 2022

Battery Metals Snapshot: Eight companies developing minerals critical for a low-carbon future 

As the world transitions away from fossil fuels to electrified transportation systems and energy networks, new deposits of the minerals required for a low-carbon future will need to be discovered…

April 4, 2022

Carmakers dream of clean, green, mean electric machines

An electric car is a clean car, right? If only it were so simple.

April 1, 2022

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.

March 31, 2022

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.

March 31, 2022

Biden invokes Cold War powers to boost EV battery production

This could help stage.mining.companies access $750 million under the Defense Production Act’s Title III fund.

March 30, 2022

Biden’s battery metal push does nothing to ease mining permit bottleneck

It takes a about seven to 10 years to get a mine up and running in the US, compared to two to three years in neighboring Canada.

March 30, 2022

Biden poised to use Cold War powers to boost battery metals

The White House is set to add battery materials to the list of items covered by the 1950 Defense Production Act.