German OEM Volkswagen remains committed to selling down ownership in its Powerco EV battery subsidiary. But negative net cash flow that threatened the €2bn ($2.2bn) mark last year may curtail appetite ...

Researchers from the UK, France, and China have revealed findings about a new process for sustainable lithium extraction, which they say could help to solve ESG issues around existing production of ...

South Korea’s LG Chem will begin mass production of precursor-free cathode materials in the first half of this year. The materials will be produced by directly calcinating custom-designed metals ...

The majority of production from the Mount Holland, WA lithium mine will ultimately go to the integrated refinery its joint venture (JV) owners are developing at Kwinana. But, despite the processing ...

Just a month separated two conference calls hosted by Australian lithium miner Pilbara Minerals, or PLS, one for the second quarter of its financial year at the end of January, and one for the first ...

Electrification is the future. A lukewarm commitment to some EV chargers is not the long-term way for an energy firm to address it ...

“What is good about the Thompson mine ore is it is primarily nickel, and there is not much other impurity in it.” So Gary Annett, the head of Manitoba operations for Brazilian miner Vale, told the ...

US miner and processor Albemarle is decidedly less bullish on any immediate relief from a recovery in lithium prices compared to fellow mining firm Mineral Resources (Minres). The company in instead ...

US automaker GM continues to hail the efficiency and low cost of its Wuling joint venture (JV) with China’s Saic and Guangxi Auto. But it is still noticeably reluctant to commit to bringing its BEVs ...

The Australian state of Western Australia (WA) has authorised a A$15mn ($9.3mn) grant to the midstream demonstration plant project at miner Pilbara Minerals’ Pilgangoora lithium operation in WA’s ...

Detroit Three automaker Ford sold more BEVs in the US market in November than in any previous month. But sales of the firm’s three all-electric models still made up only 6.5pc of total volumes in Ford ...

Chinese OEM Xpeng is set to add three new countries to the growing roster of places where its vehicles are sold by early next year. And that will take the firm to a total of 28 markets, almost halfway ...