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  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
    Glencore
    Glencore in new cobalt supply deal with South Korean battery maker

    SK Innovation signs six-year deal to source inputs for electric vehicle battery production

  • Monday, 2 December, 2019
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    Europe First: how Brussels is retooling industrial policy

    FT series: the push to develop a batteries industry for electric vehicles reflects a big change in EU thinking

  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2019
    Battery maker Northvolt scales up factory ambitions

    Swedish group triples planned number of plants as part of European expansion drive

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    Lithium producer SQM earnings fall by 30% in the third quarter
  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
    Tesla set to make world’s biggest battery even bigger  

    Operators look to help stabilise Australia’s fragile power grid

  • Sunday, 17 November, 2019
    Nick Butler
    There’s a big change in electricity beyond energy transition

    Production and distribution is being disrupted in what is becoming a buyer’s market

  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2019
    Pallinghurst and Traxys to invest $2bn in battery materials
  • Thursday, 7 November, 2019
    Special ReportEnergy Efficiency
    Father-and-son scientists aim to slash car recharge times

    ‘Rice on a mesh’ boffins forge ahead with AI

  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2019
    AnalysisElectric vehicles
    Number 214 to Highgate leads UK’s electric bus charge

    British companies use Chinese technology to power up in new age of public transport

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  • Tuesday, 22 October, 2019
    Rio Tinto PLC
    Rio Tinto has ‘eureka moment’ with US lithium discovery

    Miner says it has found critical material for electric vehicle batteries while looking for gold

  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2019
    Mining
    Russia’s Rosatom looks to buy 51% of Chile lithium mine

    Deal would give access to major deposits of key mineral for battery manufacturing

  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2019
    Nobel prizes
    Scientist, 97, among Nobel winners for work on batteries

    John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino share $910,000 Chemistry prize

  • Monday, 7 October, 2019
    Glencore
    Glencore signs five-year cobalt supply deal with China’s GEM Co

    China is looking to secure supplies of the battery metal amid rising electric vehicle demand

  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2019
    The Commodities NoteAutomobiles
    Going head to head over electric vehicles

    Differing views over future uptake of battery-run cars

  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2019
    Markets InsightHenry Sanderson
    Europe’s batteries push promises relief for investors

    Declining prices for key metals and reduced subsidies have weighed on supply chains

  • Monday, 23 September, 2019
    Volkswagen AG
    VW keen to forge battery technology partnerships

    Carmaker open to join ventures to fill supply gap in electric vehicle push

  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2019
    Mining
    SoftBank-backed Nemaska Lithium hits setback as bondholders walk away
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2019
    European manufacturing
    Australia seeks investment from European electric carmakers

    Western Australia mining region competes with China to supply lithium, cobalt and graphite

  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2019
    Tail RiskNeil Hume
    Lithium bulls need to chill out

    Quick to develop supply will keep a lid on prices

  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2019
    Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd
    China’s CATL to buy stake in Australian lithium miner Pilbara

    Move is a show of support for sector struggling with falling prices

  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2019
    ExplainerCharts that Matter
    Lithium hit by oversupply and electric vehicle subsidy cuts

    World’s largest producers see profits drop as prices for core product sink

  • Monday, 26 August, 2019
    Analysis
    Britain trails behind in key technology battle

    UK has tiny share of manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries used in electric cars

  • Thursday, 22 August, 2019
    Commodities
    Lithium producers fall as SQM forecasts continued oversupply
  • Friday, 16 August, 2019
    Cobalt
    Cobalt soars as Glencore plans closure of major mine

    Price spike is relief to miners whose shares have suffered from global growth fears

  • Sunday, 11 August, 2019
    LexAirlines
    Electric airliners: grounded thinking Premium

    Slow battery gains mean green commercial jets will not take off for decades, if ever

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