Metals

Electric Vehicle Battery

Biden’s EV Minerals Cash Fruitless Without Permitting Reform

Washington's growing financial support for companies that produce metals used in electric vehicles will likely prove fruitless unless the federal government str…

Hydrogen Production

The Importance of Clean Hydrogen in the Decarbonization of Heavy Metals

Decarbonizing fossil energy requirements that cannot be directly powered by renewable power is one of the world’s biggest climate challenges.

Agreement to Acquire an Interest in a Lithium Project

Greenland Minerals to earn in 51% in the Villasrubias lithium exploration licence located in Spain’s most renowned province for technology metals exploration …

Electric Car

Is the Battery Boom Officially Over?

Goldman Sachs has declared that the battery metals boom is “officially over.”

Carbon Neutral

More Metals Needed to Meet EU's Green Deal Goal of Climate Neutrality by 2050

Meeting EU's Green Deal goal of climate neutrality by 2050 will require 35 times more lithium and 7 to 26 times the amount of increasingly scarce rare earth met…

Electric Car

Why Russia’s Invasion and Surge in Oil and Metals Prices is Bad News for EVs

The cost of filling up the tank of an internal combustion engine car will make people think about going electric.

Ukraine Crisis Has Rewired Thinking on Future of Energy for Europe

Effects of sanctions, informal bans, war disruption and Russian counter-measures risks supplies of fossil fuels, fertilisers, food, aluminium, metals used in ba…

Energy Storage Battery

Sun Metals Taps Gravity Energy Storage Tech in Shift to “Green Zinc”

Korea Zinc’s bid to make its Australian operations some of the greenest and most sustainable in the world continue to gather pace in 2022, off the back of a de…

Geothermal Power Plant

Cornish Lithium Gets $24 million to Develop UK Assets

Cornish Lithium, the start-up hoping to lead the development of an industry for the battery metal in the UK, has secured up to £18 million from metals-focused …

Electric Vehicle Battery

Northvolt Announces First Battery Cell made from 100% Recycled Metals

Northvolt has announced the production of the first lithium ion battery cell made from 100% recycled nickel, manganese, and cobalt.

Hydrogen Project

FFI Strikes Hydrogen Deal with PNG

Iron-ore major Fortescue Metals’ green energy arm, Fortescue Future Industries is partnering with Papua New Guinea, to develop multiple large-scale green energ…

Thermal Coal

Mechel to Supply Coal to Neryungrinskaya Power Station

Mechel PAO, one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, reports signing a contract for coal supply with Far-Eastern Energy Company.

Hydrogen Project

PGE to Evaluate Green Hydrogen Production at Ulubelu Geothermal Site

Indonesian state-owned PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy is exploring the developing of green hydrogen production and the extraction of rare earth metals with its …

Nuclear Fuel

Graphene Oxide Foam Helps Filter Toxins from Drinking Water

MIT-led research team uses graphene oxide foam in a device that can extract uranium and other heavy metals from tap water.

Carbon Emissions

Chinese Provinces to Pilot Carbon Emission Assessments

The Chinese ecology and environment ministry is spearheading a pilot programme across seven provinces aimed at assessing the carbon emission impact of projects …