Ford goes directly to miners for lithium, nickel supply to support EV ambitions
Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) announced plans to accelerate its EV production that are underpinned by several high-profile agreements with lithium and nickel miners to…
Battery metals
Panasonic to build US$4B battery plant in US to supply Tesla
Japan’s Panasonic is deepening its ties with electric vehicles (EVs) maker Tesla by planning a battery plant in Kansas, which will cost US$4 billion. The…
Umicore to build $1.5-billion battery materials factory in eastern Ontario
Belgium-based Umicore, a circular materials technology firm, plans to invest $1.5 billion to build a manufacturing plant in Ontario for cathode active battery materials and…
Sigma Lithium mine to benefit from new rules in Brazil
Sigma Lithium (TSXV: SGML; NASDAQ: SGML) says its 25%-ready Grota do Cirilo lithium project in Brazil will benefit from a presidential decree issued last week…
Chile helps Dominican Republic identify lithium deposits
Chilean experts from the mining ministry and the geology service Sernageomin met members of the Dominican Republic’s senate this week to outline terms of a…
Canada Nickel doubles resource at Crawford project in Ontario
Canada Nickel Company (TSXV: CNC; US-OTC: CNIKF) believes that its Crawford project in northern Ontario contains the fifth largest nickel sulphide resource globally, after a…
Savannah Resources shares hammered as Portugal lithium project subject to further EIA step
Shares in Savannah Resources (AIM: SAV) fell as much as 35% in early trading today after revealing the sudden exit of its chief executive and…
UK launches critical minerals data centre
The British government announced on Monday the creation of a centre to gather data and analyze information on the supply of critical minerals such as cobalt,…
Video: Energy metals panel discuss why the emerging critical minerals supply chain is key to cutting carbon
As demand for critical minerals increases in the society-wide push for decarbonization, the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and China’s control over critical minerals…
Cornish Lithium secures further US$11M for UK project
Cornish Lithium, the start-up hoping to lead the development of an industry for the battery metal in the U.K., has secured another £9 million (US$11 million) from metals-focused investment…
US allots US$74M to critical minerals mapping
The U.S. Department of the Interior has set aside more than US$74 million to invest across 30 states in research and mapping of areas with…
Australia-based lithium supplier to Tesla targets first shipment by year-end
Australia’s Core Lithium (ASX: CXO), which counts electric vehicles giant Tesla among its future costumers, is planning to send its first shipment of the key…