BMW to buy cobalt direct from Australia, Morocco for EV batteries

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Tesla is in advanced stages of talks to use batteries from CATL that contain no cobalt - one of the most expensive metals in electric vehicle (EV) batteries - in cars made at its China plant, people familiar with the matter said......»»

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Cutting out the middlemen may be the only way for carmakers and tech companies to guarantee that the cobalt used in their batteries isn't mined by children......»»

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Tesla and a large Chinese firm each struck new deals with lithium producers, the latest sign that technology companies, car makers and other big users of lithium are rushing to secure supplies of the material used in electric car and cell phone batteries......»»

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tesla Inc's battery cell supplier Panasonic Corp said on Wednesday it is aiming to develop automotive batteries without using cobalt in the near future amid soaring prices of the key battery ingredient......»»

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The Broken Hill District May Grow To Become Australia"s Premiere Cobalt Mining Center.....»»

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Panasonic Corp plans to halve the cobalt content of its mass-produced automotive batteries "in two to three years", an executive at the Japanese conglomerate said on Thursday, as battery makers look to reduce costs......»»

Panasonic said it was unable to determine how much of the cobalt used in batteries it makes for Tesla cars comes from Cuba, a country subject to U.S. sanctions, and that it had suspended relations with a Canadian supplier as a result of its concerns......»»

Vanadium is outpacing cobalt and lithium in relevance in the development of clean energy, said Ian Prentince, managing director of Technology Metals Australia Ltd.....»»

Global miner BHP is ploughing more investment into nickel mine development and exploration in Western Australia, seeking to secure its own supply of a key material in batteries needed to meet booming demand for electric cars......»»

A report by an international energy watchdog flags risk for cobalt supplies, crucial to car batteries, as it reports growing sales of electric vehicles worldwide......»»

Global miner BHP is ploughing more investment into nickel mine development and exploration in Western Australia, seeking to secure its own supply of a key material in batteries needed to meet booming demand for electric cars......»»

Modern batteries need cobalt. Apple, VW and others still include in their supply chains the owner of an African mine where workers produce the metal without shoes or safety equipment......»»

Honolulu-based carrier Matson will launch a new direct service to Christmas Island in the Republic of Kiribati. Matson said the new service will deliver cargo originating from the Mainland, Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacif.....»»