In recent years, China and the United States have imposed reciprocal restrictions on critical raw materials, and with the potential for increased tariffs following Trump's return...

Lithium-ion batteries, a cornerstone of modern technology, traditionally rely on cobalt for their stability and energy density. However, cobalt's high cost, environmental concerns,...

Three Taiwanese companies have joined forces to establish Taiwan's first comprehensive, closed-loop recycling system for lithium batteries, covering every step from battery disassembly...

Cobalt is essential for producing lithium-ion batteries and is extensively used in electric vehicles, computers, and smartphones. As demand for electric vehicles rises, global cobalt...

After identifying 30 critical minerals essential for national security, India intensified its efforts to secure cobalt, given its increasing importance in the global shift towards...

Stellantis has deepened ties with another battery material partner to support its electrified future. The carmaker and Australia-based Alliance Nickel have signed a five-year agreement...

Apple announced an ambitious plan to expand the use of recycled materials across its products, which would require suppliers to achieve certain environmental benchmarks to secure...

The cobalt market saw its biggest ever supply surge last year, driven by booming production of the crucial battery metal in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia, according...

Notebook battery module makers are poised to raise their quotes by 10-15% to reflect rising raw materials costs, according to industry sources.

Many China-based electric vehicle (EV) battery makers believe their development of high-nickel 811 NCM, nickel (N)-cobalt (C)-manganese (M) in the content ratio of 8 for N, 1 for...

While Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Samsung are entering the 7nm process era, the latest cobalt-based process solutions rolled out by Applied Materials following...

Applied Materials has announced a breakthrough in materials engineering that accelerates chip performance in the big data and AI era.

Because of increasing prices for raw materials and strong demand from the electric vehicle and smartphone market segments, lithium batteries for notebooks are expected to see another...

Battery cell makers are planning to drop their prices by 5-8% in December this year following a recent fall in the global price of cobalt, an important raw material for battery cells...