With the recent launch of US/Canada lithium prices, Fastmarkets explores the motivation for the introduction and the reasons why this is an important development for the North American market

The EU's Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) and supply chain localization were hot topics of discussion for presenters at the Alkeemia Battery Forum, which runs April 10-12 in Venice, Italy

Chile’s government has laid out its plan to significantly boost the country’s lithium production, opening up 26 lithium salt flats for private investment and naming the Atacama and Maricunga salt flats as strategic to the state.

The US could get a new primary aluminium smelter, investments in copper recycling and projects to decarbonize iron and steelmaking as part of a $6 billion government package announced on Monday, March 25

China’s graphite exports continued to fall in the first two months of 2024 after the implementation of the export controls on certain graphite-related products on December 1, 2023

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Western governments are increasingly implementing policies to protect their local metal-producing industries from rival products made in the developing world, but how should eastern lawmakers and companies respond to these moves?

Producing battery-grade manganese sulfate in China is “logical” even for non-Chinese companies, due to the country’s strong demand and cost competitiveness, according to the chief executive officer of emerging Australia-headquartered producer Firebird Metals

Steelmakers in Colombia have called on their government to follow in the footsteps of Mexico and Brazil and significantly increase import duties to curtail arrivals of wire rod from China and elsewhere

Nippon Steel's proposed $14.9-billion purchase of US Steel (USS) could face additional challenges, with US President Joe Biden publicly cementing his opposition to the already heavily criticized deal