UK-based battery start-up Britishvolt has entered administration procedures because it had insufficient equity funds to continue with construction plans, it announced on Tuesday January 17

China’s automobile output and sales edged upward in 2022 from a year earlier, supported by the government's policy to halve the purchase tax on vehicles as well as other policies aimed at promoting consumer activity

The Uatnan project in eastern Canada, run by Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG), will yield 500,000 tonnes per year of graphite concentrate, according to a preliminary economic assessment, the company announced on Tuesday January 10

The EU and US have recently introduced four key policies and laws to support local economies, secure battery material supply chains and accelerate the move towards a new generation of energy markets

Volatility was one of the main themes for cobalt prices in 2022 and market participants will take a wait-and-see approach toward long-term supply contracts in the coming year

US-based junior miner Piedmont Lithium has updated its supply agreement with electric vehicles (EV) maker Tesla to a floating price mechanism instead of the previous fixed-price contract, it said on Tuesday January 3

China has decided to remove its import tariff on cobalt metal (Harmonized System code 81052020), a move which is not expected to largely impact the domestic market due to weak demand for the metal, sources told Fastmarkets

Australian lithium miner Pilbara Minerals’ latest spodumene concentrate auction held via the company’s Battery Material Exchange (BMX) platform on Wednesday December 14 resulted in a lower top bid than the high bid at its previous auction

Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) and joint-venture partner La Générale des Carrières et des Mines (Gécamines) will reinstate copper-cobalt producer Boss Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Seaborne manganese ore prices in China ticked upward in the week to Friday December 2 but doubt remained whether this was an indication of an upward trend or just a short-term shift