Automaker Ford is gearing up to boost its electric vehicle production to 2 million cars over the next two and half years. And this will need a secure supply of critical minerals. Ford has announced four new new deals across the...

As reported by Reuters, according to materials research at CICC, Indonesia is on track to quadruple nickel capacity by 2025, reaching a total of 1.2 million tonnes. Based on those figures, CRU Group’s Ellie Wang, based in Shanghai, is forecasting...

President Xi Jinping is hosting a two day event with the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The summit highlights China's growing influence in the region as it makes big investments with it's trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative...

The most valuable US power company, NextEra Energy, is reportedly focusing on green energy for new growth. The new strategy comes as the company's profits were up roughly 70% from 10 years ago, with a capitalization of more than US$150...

The global platinum market is expected to see a deficit of 983 koz in 2023, up 77%, as demand growth outstrips supply. Year-on-year Q1 2023 demand rose 28%, while supply decreased 1% on national electricity supply problems in South Africa....

The latest figures from PwC's Strategy& report show sales of battery electric vehicles (BEV) continue to rise across the world. In particular, as early as 2024, every third commercially registered car in Germany could be a BEV. The US BEV...

As Germany shuts down it's remaining nuclear reactors, much of the rest of Europe is moving towards new national programs for nuclear power as part their efforts to secure green energy supply. The Italian parliament, led by Giorgia Meloni, has...

Glencore and Li-Cycle are teaming up to build Europe’s largest battery recycling facility. An old lead refinery in Sardinia will be redeveloped into a major hub for processing black mass, which is the gritty, pre-treated battery scrap that contains battery...

Glencore and Li-Cycle have announced a joint study to look into the feasibility of a recycling hub for critical battery minerals, including nickel, cobalt and lithium. The hub would be based in Portovesme, Italy (repurposing the closed zinc sulphide “Portovesme...

A boom in solar, wind and energy storage systems by 2030 will power more than 100 million homes, according to BloombergNEF. The projects will include: 358 gigawatts of solar panels 137 gigawatts of wind turbines 111 gigawatts of energy storage...

The global oil price remains volatile on near-term concerns over the economy and rising interest rates, but the long-term fundamentals remain bullish. This is highlighted by recent shipping data from China which shows some 125 tankers seen carrying crude to...

Electric car markets are seeing exponential growth as sales exceeded 10 million in 2022, according to the IEA's latest Global EV Outlook 2023.  A total of 14% of all new cars sold were electric in 2022, up from around 9% in...