Element 25 Ltd said on Monday it will supply manganese sulphate to General Motors Co from a new facility in Louisiana, as the automaker looks to secure supply of battery minerals for its North American electric vehicle production.
A British consortium that includes mining giant Glencore will invest about $9 billion in Indonesia's mining and electric vehicle (EV) battery sectors, a minister said on Wednesday, as the resource-rich country tries to lure a host of multinational firms.
Indonesian nickel company Halmahera Persada Lygend said on Thursday it has inaugurated operations at its first nickel sulphate plant, as the country ramps up its ambitions to dominate the electric vehicle (EV) industry.
Australian miners with projects in South America's lithium triangle which spans Chile, Argentina and Bolivia, dipped on Monday, on concerns other governments in that region may look to imitate Chile's move to nationalize its vast lithium industry.
U.S carmaker Ford Motor Co signed a final investment agreement with PT Vale Indonesia, and China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt on Thursday to build nickel processing plant, valued at around $4.5 billion.