NextSource has commissioned the Molo flake graphite mine and is installing a hybrid power plant for the project on the East African island of Madagascar, the company reported on Thursday March 23

As the global battery supply chain pivots toward using recycled material to feed the growing demand for battery raw materials, participants are increasingly weighing the cost implications

The Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) proposed by the European Commission has been welcomed by stakeholders familiar with the nascent European battery ecosystem as a step toward achieving a sustainable and reliable supply of materials vital to the region’s ambitious energy transition goals

What impact has the strike had on the country’s pulp and paper sector?

Pulp producer stocks continue to climb, but a supply disruption could be on the horizon with Metsä Fibre announcing force majeure due to port strikes

Australian mining giant BHP has added to the growing industry pressure on the London Metal Exchange to reform its benchmark nickel price to make it more reflective of the physical market

Competition with Asia to bring the battery value chain to Europe intensifies as mining company Finnish Minerals Group and battery cell manufacturer Freyr Battery explore the possibility of producing LFP cathode material

US automotive manufacturer Ford’s announcement that it would invest $3.5 billion to build a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) plant in the US state of Michigan marks the chemistry’s adoption in a nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) dominated market

Junior miner Piedmont Lithium has agreed to provide South Korean cathode maker LG Chem with 200,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate (SC6%) over a four-year period, it said on Thursday February 16

Battery materials firm Umicore has started the industrialization of its high lithium, manganese (HLM) cathode active material (CAM), it said, and was targeting commercial production and use in electric vehicles in 2026