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…

‘War for Talent’ at Mines Could Drive Up Cost of Energy Transition

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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 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…

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…

The World’s Biggest Economies Cautiously Open Their Doors to More Foreign Workers

The US remains divided over immigration, while its global rivals continue to lower barriers to ease…