Browsing: Critical Raw Materials
The Critical Raw Materials category on EVMagz focuses on the essential minerals and resources underpinning the electric mobility transition. This section covers the extraction, processing, supply chain dynamics, and strategic importance of the raw materials required for batteries, electric drivetrains, and renewable energy technologies.
Readers can explore reporting on lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite, manganese, rare earth elements, mining projects, refining capacity, recycling initiatives, geopolitical supply risks, and industrial policy surrounding strategic resource security. The category also examines how material availability and pricing affect battery production, EV costs, and long-term electrification plans.
Whether you are tracking battery supply chains, commodity markets, industrial strategy, or the geopolitical competition for strategic resources, the Critical Raw Materials category delivers in-depth analysis of one of the most crucial pillars of the EV industry.
Energy Exploration Technologies Inc (EnergyX), a lithium technology startup backed by General Motors, has acquired 35,000 acres of brine-rich land…
India is ramping up efforts to reduce its dependence on foreign sources of rare earth minerals, following China’s imposition of…
Chevron announced its entry into lithium production by acquiring mining rights in the Smackover Formation across Arkansas and Texas, marking…
COBCO, a joint venture between Morocco’s Al Mada investment fund and China’s CNGR Advanced Materials, has commenced production of lithium-ion…
Ford Motor is facing persistent disruptions in its supply of rare earth magnets, Chief Executive Jim Farley said on Friday,…
India Seeks to Curb Rare Earth Exports to Japan, Prioritise Domestic Supply Amid China Trade Tensions
By Derick Munoz
India has asked state-run miner IREL to suspend a longstanding agreement to export rare earth elements to Japan, in a…
Cyclic Materials announced plans to invest $25 million to establish a North American Centre of Excellence for rare earth recycling…
Glencore has declared force majeure on certain cobalt supply contracts from the Democratic Republic of Congo, following a government-imposed suspension…
Zimbabwe will ban the export of lithium concentrates starting in 2027 as it seeks to advance its domestic processing industry,…
Hyundai Motor is equipped with a rare earths stockpile sufficient to support production for about one year and does not…
Automakers and parts suppliers across Europe are facing mounting pressure as Chinese export restrictions on rare-earth magnets threaten to bring…
The European Commission has selected 13 strategic raw materials projects outside the European Union as part of the Critical Raw…