In 2022, while lithium prices were soaring to life-time highs, CATL intervened in the market by opening a huge lithium hub in China. Prices have since slumped 86%

Pushback on the timeline for the switch away from fossil fuels is casting a shadow over lithium, cobalt and copper projects, claim industry players

New guidelines aim to suppress the industry after years of over-expansion, which caused lithium prices to plunge more than 80% last year

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has accused China of ‘distorting prices’ with its increased green tech production levels

Harvard scientists say their solid state battery design charges in minutes and lasts for thousands of cycles

Drilling a single hole to search for a mineral can cost from $7,000 to $33,000 and building a more accurate virtual picture could slash costs, Atomionics CEO says

Prices of the key EV battery metal have already tumbled close to 80% this year with supply outpacing the rise in demand

Spot lithium prices in the world's top producer of the battery metal were effectively down close to 80% year-on-year

A basket of prices for the key electric vehicle battery metal has dropped by more than 60% this year

Global lithium demand is predicted to exceed supply by 500,000 metric tons in 2030 despite 45 mines operating in the world last year and 11 more due to open

As lithium prices fall and concerns rise around the environmental impact of lithium mining, China's Yichun city finds itself running short of achieving ambitious targets

Australia accounts for nearly half of the world's lithium supply and is ideally positioned to reap the benefits from the booming battery sector, if it acts fast