Lithium
Booming EV sales challenge critical mineral supply chains
The global electric car fleet is expanding rapidly. While Tesla still dominates the electric vehicle (EV) market since launching its…
BYD wins Chile lithium quota tender
BYD Chile has won one of two (of five) Ministry of Mining quotas for a total of 400,000 tons of…
BMW invests in innovative lithium producer
To promote environmentally-friendly, resource-efficient extraction of lithium, a key material for EV batteries, the BMW group is investing, through its…
Rio Tinto spends large on Serbia lithium mining
Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto has committed US$2.4bn (EUR2bn) to the Jadar lithium-borates project in Serbia, according to SeeNews.com. The…
VW, Daimler and partners to work on ‘sustainable lithium mining’
Volkswagen Group, BASF, Daimler AG, and Fairphone are to start working on a new initiative that seeks to promote the…