
Frik Els
Editor At Large at Mining
Head of News at Adamas Intelligence
Head of Adamas Inside | Editor at Large: https://t.co/WHekMY2YvT
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1 week ago |
northernminer.com | Frik Els
During the first quarter of 2025, a combined $3.01 billion worth of battery metals were contained in the packs of newly sold electric vehicles worldwide, up a modest 1.3% year over year. The stagnant costs of the EV metal basket is great news for cell suppliers and battery manufacturers as demand for raw material continues to boom.
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1 week ago |
mining.com | Frik Els
EV battery manufacturers based in China, South Korea and Japan have almost complete control of the global market and it’s not changing any time soon. During the first quarter of 2025 a combined $3.01 billion worth of battery metals were contained in the packs of newly sold EVs worldwide, up a modest 1.3% year over year. The stagnant costs of the EV metal basket is great news for cell suppliers and battery manufacturers as demand for raw material continues to boom.
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2 weeks ago |
northernminer.com | Frik Els
The global passenger EV market, including plug-in and conventional hybrids, should easily reach 25 million units this year. In combined battery capacity deployed – a better indicator of battery materials demand than unit sales alone – the electric car market has expanded by a robust 34% so far this year.
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2 weeks ago |
mining.com | Frik Els
The global passenger EV market, including plug-in and conventional hybrids, should easily reach 25 million units this year. In combined battery capacity deployed – a better indicator of battery materials demand than unit sales alone – the electric car market has expanded by a robust 34% so far this year.
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3 weeks ago |
mining.com | Frik Els
After a bounce following the US-China trade rapprochement, temporary though it may turn out to be, copper was on the back foot again mid-week. The most active copper futures contract on Comex was down 1.8% in lunchtime trade, falling to $4.639 per pound, the equivalent of $10,220 a tonne. Like other markets, the copper price has been on a wild ride in 2025, hitting all-time highs at the end of March only to come dangerously close to crashing through $4.00 barely a fortnight later.
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