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WSJ News Exclusive | Silicon Valley’s Newest Unicorn Is a Mining Company
Bill Gates and other tech-industry investors are backing AI-powered startup Kobold Metals.
WSJ News Exclusive | Glencore Approaches Teck Over Its Coal Business
The commodities giant is ready to buy the tech unit as an alternative to a full…
EV Makers Confront the ‘Nickel Pickle’
Electric car batteries require large amounts of the mineral, but getting it out of the ground…
A Onetime Paper Maker Is Now the King of Lithium
Charlotte, NC-based Albemarle, which began as a paper mill in 1887, has become a vital cog…
A ‘Dirty’ Job That Few Want: Mining Companies Struggle to Hire for the Energy Transition
Lily Dixon was prowling the University of Leeds campus when a student campaigner handed her a…
China’s Risky Strategy to Control One-Third of the World’s Lithium Supply
Beijing’s search for a secure supply of the metal is prompting it to buy stakes in…
China Spends Billions on Risky Bets to Lock Down World’s Lithium
Beijing’s search for a secure supply of the metal is prompting it to buy stakes in…