Lithium Scarcity Pushes Carmakers Into the Mining Business
Ford, General Motors and others are striking deals with mining companies to avoid raw material shortages that could thwart their electric vehicle ambitions.
EE. UU. necesita minerales para los carros eléctricos
A medida que el mundo cambia a fuentes de energía más limpias, el control sobre los materiales necesarios para impulsar esa transición sigue en disputa.
The U.S. Needs Minerals for Electric Cars. Everyone Else Wants Them Too.
The United States is entering an array of agreements to secure the critical minerals necessary for the energy transition, but it’s not clear which of the arrangements can succeed.
Falling Lithium Prices Are Making Electric Cars More Affordable
An unexpected decline in the price of an essential battery material, along with those of other commodities, is good news for buyers. But experts disagree on how long low prices will last.
A Rush to Mine the Deep Sea Is Underway. It Must Be Stopped.
A scramble to mine the deep sea could soon commence. And once it begins, there will be little hope of reining it in.
A Rush to Mine the Deep Sea Is Underway. It Must Be Stopped.
A scramble to mine the deep sea could soon commence. And once it begins, there will be little hope of reining it in.
Nebraskans Are Sitting on Strategic Metals. Is Mining a Patriotic Duty?
One county has a wealth of minerals essential to defense and the green economy. Mining would transform the community, yet many say they feel a patriotic obligation to dig.
How a Quebec Lithium Mine May Help Make Electric Cars Affordable
The project also illustrates how difficult it is to get lithium out of the ground and break China’s dominance in processing the metal and turning it into batteries.
The Promise and Pitfalls of Deep-Sea Mining
How a Canadian company and a regulator are balancing billions of dollars in profits against the future of the Pacific.
Secret Data, Tiny Islands and a Quest for Treasure on the Ocean Floor
Mining in parts of the Pacific Ocean was meant to benefit poor countries, but an international agency gave a Canadian company access to prized seabed sites with metals crucial to the green energy revolution.