Northern Ontario's Electra Battery Materials has faced several challenges in the past years, the latest of which include an export ban on raw cobalt coming out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Finding ways to enable nuclear reactors and other energy technologies to operate reliably and efficiently while also reducing ...

Electromobility and the electrification of the world require certain raw materials.

The company noted that, as a result, all cathode material suppliers had ceased quoting prices, making it impossible to place orders for cathode materials in the short term. The lithium battery ...

Merdeka Battery Materials, backed by Indonesian billionaires Garibaldi Thohir and Edwin Soeryadjaya, has signed an agreement to build a $1.8 billion nickel smelter in Sulawesi, doubling down on its ...

A deal that would give the U.S. a share of Ukraine's critical raw minerals could set the Eastern European country on a path ...

Cobalt is a vital component of batteries ... and explains China currently controls most of the value-adding industries related to raw materials, from extraction to recycling.

Nickel Sulphate Price Spread: Today, nickel briquette prices ranged from 131,100 to 131,400 yuan/mt, with an average price of 131,250 yuan/mt, up 3,400 yuan/mt from the previous day's spot price.

Moreover, more than 75% of the world’s raw cobalt comes from mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo — and China owns or controls the vast majority of their output. China also is the world ...