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Minor metals are essential to the circular economy. The demand for sustainable raw materials is rising in parallel with climate concerns, rising populations and dwindling resources. Cobalt, selenium, indium, manganese flake and other minor metals make renewable energy technology and electric vehicles possible.
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Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on its non-ferrous and industrial minerals methodologies, via an open consultation process between October 8 and November 6, 2024. This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process.
Li-Cycle has successfully closed on an upsized loan from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to support the development of the its Rochester Hub Project, the company announced alongside its third-quarter earnings report on Thursday November 7.
Read Fastmarkets’ monthly battery raw materials market update for November 2024, focusing on raw materials including lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and more
Ahead of COP29, the UN Secretary-General’s Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals (CETM) recommended a global traceability system, which experts told Fastmarkets will need to overcome challenges around data security, enforceability and stakeholder buy-in to be successful.
As the dust settles in Washington and Americans wake up to news that Donald Trump is once again president-elect, participants in the cobalt market discuss the wider ramifications on a crucial coming four years for the electric vehicle (EV) industry.
The world’s largest cobalt producer has cemented its place at the top with the release of a third-quarter financial report highlighting the company has smashed through its full-year production guidance with three months to go.
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