From insights into how the battery raw materials supply chain is changing to Albemarle's bullish view of lithium demand growth, Andrea Hotter speaks at length with Eric Norris about his life, career and where Albemarle is headed next

Provincial authorities in Indonesia’s mining hub of North Maluku province proposed a nickel mining suspension in the region’s Central Halmahera Regency amid environmental concerns

Participants in the nickel market are preparing for a significant ramp-up in demand from regions such as Europe, with demand likely to soar for electric vehicles, which use nickel in their batteries

Abaxx Exchange Pte Ltd plans to launch its new nickel sulfate futures contract by the end of this year and is looking at other contracts in the battery raw materials space, its president told Fastmarkets in a recent interview

Developments in the science and technology underpinning silicon-base anode materials have allowed them to reach mainstream commercial viability, according to Gleb Yushin, chief technology officer and co-founder of US-based Sila Nanotechnologies

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US-headquartered lithium producers Albemarle and Livent are expecting lithium spot prices to recover from the weakness seen in recent months, because they foresee a brighter demand picture for the remainder of the year

Copper market participants in Europe have become increasingly interested in 'green' material, with some consumers focusing procurement on environmentally conscious copper

Despite considerable progress in the year since the passage of the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), investment related to the legislation has slowed and its ultimate effectiveness remains to be seen, the vice president and director of the Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE) Center for Critical Minerals Strategy said

Australia-based graphite miner Syrah Resources has signed two binding offtake agreements with Graphex Technologies, a multinational purified spherical graphite producer, and Westwater Resources, a US-based junior graphite anode producer, the miner said on Thursday August 3