The process of contacting key Australian Stock Exchange-listed Critical Minerals companies to get their views on ESG continued this week. I am looking to assuage the concerns of some of our ...

“The issue here is one of understanding. The Chinese didn’t stop exporting the materials. What the Chinese said, and what they are going to do is to restrict the exports, not prohibit them. This means ...

The map of dependable supply just shifted—again—and, unsurprisingly, it wasn’t a government white paper that did the plotting.… ...

Manganese is becoming a key part of the lithium-ion battery market, traditionally used in nickel, manganese, cobalt (“NCM”) batteries; but now it is also used in lithium manganese iron phosphate ...

With the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (“PDAC”) convention back in Toronto, Canada, I’ll discuss the four days Sustainability Sessions agenda as I view Environmental, Social, and ...

Cobalt is a key component of the lithium-ion (“Li-ion”) battery used in electronics and many types of electric vehicles (“EVs”). The EV boom is causing cobalt demand to surge higher. The cobalt market ...

I have some recurring themes that I tend to write about. I have no idea if people like them or not so I will continue along in my own little vacuum and hope that at least some readers out there find ...

It is my style to attempt to personalize my writings by adding historic anecdotes from my past resources or finding more topical news to add spice to the theme of the day. So last week my mind was ...

After a stellar 2022, which saw global plugin electric car sales increase by 55% year on year (“YoY”) to 10.522 million and reach approximately a 13% market share, what will 2023 bring? We already saw ...

I was at the Big Data conference at the Sheraton Hotel near the airport in Toronto. It was… ...

Despite the Company’s strong ties to South Korea, where NEO Battery Materials will initially invest 24 billion KRW or approximately C$25 million to support the construction and expansion of a silicon ...

One of the largest gaps in the North American EV metals supply chain is the need for ‘western supply’ of lithium iron phosphate (“LFP”) cathodes used in most standard range electric cars, smaller ...