Explained: The EU’s handicap in the global race for critical raw materials
The EU is highly dependent on third countries for the raw materials needed to engineer its energy transition and digital transformation. Russia’s war in Ukraine...
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The EU Battery regulation for all nickel producers
The new EU Battery regulation has implications for nickel producers both inside and outside Europe. If they are supplying material to the EU battery chain...
Ivigtût Project results indicate widespread and deep-seated REE mineralisation
Eclipse Metals Ltd is preparing to put the Grønnedal rare earth element (REE) prospect within its 100%-owned Ivigtût Project in Greenland under the microscope after results...
Demand for graphite is set to outstrip supply by 2025
Traditionally used in pencils, lubricants, crucibles, foundries, polishes and arc lamps, high-purity graphite has found a new market in the electric vehicle boom, becoming one...
Mining rare earths to start in Greenland in 2024
The company Tanbreez Mining wants to mine rare earths in Greenland from 2024 onwards. The supply of these essential elements for electric motors is currently...
US Eyeing ‘Creative Ways’ to Help Mongolia Export Rare Earths
The US and Mongolia have agreed to look at “creative ways” to help the landlocked, minerals-rich country export its rare earths metals to the world...
How Clean is the Nickel and Lithium in a Battery?
How Clean is the Nickel and Lithium in a Battery? The production of lithium (Li) and nickel (Ni), two key raw materials for batteries, can...
Graphite essential to green transformation
Despite the plethora of electronic gadgets we have at our fingertips, most people don’t make the connection between the materials that go into them, and...
ERG eyes Saudi Arabia as future minerals hub
Saudi Arabia is playing a vital role in the green energy transition. The World Bank projects that the energy transition will require an estimated USD1.7...
Critical raw materials – Is Europe ready to go back to the future?
The future will be powered by metals, but fenced in by iron curtains. Metals and critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt and nickel are crucial...