- Toyota steps in with $1.5B order for LGES gigafactory in Michigan after GM backs out of Ultium supply deal (Link)
- BYD confirms plans for EVs with all-solid-state batteries to begin rolling out in 2027 (Link)
- CATL to deepen battery R&D, new materials application and components development cooperation with Volkswagen (Link)
- General Motors CFO says if tariffs are permanent, company must reconsider plant locations (Link)
- General Motors aims to cut Tesla’s lead with lower cost batteries even though the EV industry will suffer if Donald Trump ends consumer tax breaks as promised (Link)
- Rivian sees its 2025 full-year vehicle deliveries between 46,000 and 51,000 (Link)
- Nikola files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection (Link)
- Archer Aviation receives FAA approval for pilot training program (Link)
- President Vladimir Putin said that Russia should speed up plans to mine its deposits of lithium; Russia has large lithium reserves, estimated at about 1 million tons by the USGS in 2024 (Link)
- S&P: Global nonferrous exploration spending dropped 3% to $12.5B, according to S&P’s Corporate Exploration Strategies 2024 report (Link)
- PT Gunbuster Nickel Industry, which is affiliated with bankrupted stainless steel giant Jiangsu Delong Nickel Industry Co., is delaying payments to indonesian energy suppliers and is unable to procure nickel ore (Link)
- Akaysha Energy inks offtake agreement for 410MWh BESS in Queensland, Australia (Link)
- ESS Inc CEO, Eric Dresselhuys, resigns, potential transaction explored to enable ‘new strategic direction’ (Link)
- Trump warned Musk he would not take kindly to seeing one of his administration’s chief advisors build a manufacturing plant in India (Link)
- Rivian posts $170MM in gross profit in Q4, sees losses decreasing as variable costs improve (Link)
- Anglo American sells Brazil nickel assets for $500MM, targets June to demerge Amplats (Link)
- Pacific Green sells 500MWh South Australian BESS for $293MM (Link)
- Pilbara Minerals sees demand recovering on the restart of a large mine and refinery in China, even as it reported a net loss in its half-year earnings (Link)
- IGO posted a substantial half-year loss following the recent suspension of an expansion of the Kwinana lithium hydroxide plant (Link)
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