France launches a critical metals investment fund
France will create a €2 billion investment fund to facilitate access to critical metals needed for the energy transition. This fund will make it possible...
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We need more transparent supply chains for a low-carbon society – the case of lithium mining
Every time we calculate the environmental impacts of an electric vehicle, we use data from the lithium carbonate production at the Salar de Atacama in...
Greenland Has Climate Change-Fighting Minerals. Will it Mine Them?
In Greenland, melting glaciers are exposing elements critical for the energy transition. Greenlanders are deciding if they want mining in their towns. To some, it...
Rare Earth Metals See Prices Plunge
The Rare Earths MMI (Monthly Metals Index) suffered yet another significant drop month-over-month. Overall, the index fell 15.81%. These massive drops in prices are the...
Fortum Battery Recycling opens Europe’s largest closed-loop hydrometallurgical battery recycling facility in Finland
Fortum Battery Recycling has started commercial operations at its state-of-the-art hydrometallurgical battery material recycling facility in Harjavalta, Finland. The newly established facility is the largest...
Lithium and Resource Nationalization: How Countries are Taking Control of Critical Minerals
A common joke among the credentialed is that the golden rule can be stated as “They, who have the gold, make the rules.” A newer,...
Europe’s ‘first’ LFP gigafactory opens in Serbia
ElevenEs has opened a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) gigafactory in Serbia, which it claimed is the first in Europe. The facility in Subotica has opened...
The fine art of exploring mineral deposits
The accelerating transition to green energy is driving huge demand for many minerals, including the strategically essential minerals facing high risks of supply shortages. In...
Critical cartography – the geopolitics of critical minerals
Critical minerals, not so long ago an exotic species of metals and minerals, is now a buzzword across academia, governments and industry. Increasingly, it’s an...
Europe seeks sustainable graphite source for EV batteries
Lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) rely on a mix of materials, one of which is graphite. As such, it plays a critical role in...