June 17, 2019

Elon Musk says Tesla “might get into mining”

Tesla CEO says product rollout is tied to battery production and "we have to look further down the supply chain."

June 11, 2019

Kibaran Resources outlines plans for battery graphite plant amid overseas demand

The company's proposed production facility at Kwinana, near Perth in Western Australia, would manufacture battery graphite worth $72 million a year for export.

May 31, 2019

ZEN partners with Canadian university to produce low-cost graphene

The company says the production process rapidly exfoliates Albany graphite into few-layer graphene with a conversion efficiency of over 90%.

May 30, 2019

IMO 2020, EVs, and steel — a perfect storm in the needle coke sector?

The new regulations may have a further, more unexpected effect on the steel sector, and the nascent electric vehicle battery industry. 

May 13, 2019

Volkswagen to make batteries in Germany, slim down

Volkswagen will invest almost 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in battery cell production at a facility in western Germany.

May 6, 2019

Lithium price: Battery capacity of electric cars doubles from last year

Lithium prices remain under pressure despite new report showing record 9.8GWh of battery capacity was deployed globally in March.

May 6, 2019

US senate introduces new bill to boost domestic battery minerals supply

The new legislation goes further than ever before, looking at not only the domestic mineral resources but the supply chains that refine the raw materials for electric vehicles.

May 1, 2019

World Bank, Germany, Rio and Anglo set up “climate smart” mining fund

The World Bank is targeting a total investment of $50 million, to be deployed over a 5-year timeframe.

May 1, 2019

INFOGRAPHIC: Metals and minerals used in renewable power generation

Global demand for strategic minerals like lithium, graphite and nickel will skyrocket by 965%, 383% and 108% respectively by 2050, according to the World Bank’s updated 2018 projections.

April 30, 2019

US has battery problem in race for electric car supremacy

But with demand for lithium set to boom from above 300,000 tons a year to a million tons by 2025, stage.mining.companies need to grow fast and they prefer to do…