March 24, 2021

EV battery startup poaches oil veterans to build Arctic factory

Freyr plans to start a pilot plant near the Arctic Circle in Norway by next year.

March 23, 2021

Top 14 UBS battery metals forecasts after VW teardown

UBS says ID.3 is the “most significant bet on EVs made by any legacy carmaker to date” prompting a super bullish upgrade to demand for lithium, nickel, cobalt, rare earth…

March 19, 2021

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Mining profits reach $230 billion a year, topped only by oil & gas, pharma; Lithium prices continue to soar – up 88% in 2021; Massive new port could give Vale…

March 18, 2021

US looks to Canada for minerals to build electric vehicles

The US government is working to help American miners and battery makers expand into Canada, part of a strategy to boost regional production of minerals used to make electric vehicles…

March 17, 2021

Natural anode-grade graphite to enter the EV race

Urbix has developed a spheroidization process to make natural anode-grade graphite compete with synthetic anodes.

March 16, 2021

EV Metal Index doubles year-on-year as lithium, cobalt prices rally

Despite a big drop from December’s blowout high, January 2021 still ranks as the fourth best month for the MINING.COM EV Metal Index thanks to rising cobalt, nickel and lithium…

March 15, 2021

Canada unveils its 2021 critical mineral list

Canada can leverage its mining and processing expertise as well as its natural resource endowment and its world-leading environmental, social, and governance credentials.

March 15, 2021

Mick Davis launches $300 million battery metals SPAC

Vision Blue has also invested in Ferro-Alloy Resources, which is developing a vanadium project in Kazakhstan.

March 15, 2021

VW plans to be battery juggernaut in $29 billion answer to Tesla

Company is stepping up its game to become the world’s biggest electric-car maker with a plan to build six battery factories in Europe.

March 11, 2021

Cobalt, nickel free electric car batteries are a runaway success

Few months in, LFP Model 3 already commands 5% of global EV market, counts for 21% of Tesla battery capacity hitting roads–even before key patent expiry next year.