Canada and the United States can collaborate more closely on manufacturing electric vehicles and on supplying critical minerals needed to make batteries for cars and other clean technologies, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday.
Read MoreBEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese government officials have met representatives from U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Inc over reports from consumers about battery fires, unexpected acceleration and failures in over-the-air software updates, a regulator said on Monday.
Read MoreRising inflation expectations and central bank activities are likely to have a more lasting impact on the silver price this year than retail traders trying to force a short squeeze.
Read MoreDETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co on Thursday more than doubled the amount of money it plans to invest on electric and autonomous vehicles, to $29 billion, even as it posted a fourth-quarter net loss of $2.8 billion.
Read MoreNorilsk Nickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and nickel, will have to pay a record fine of 146 billion rubles ($1.94 billion) in compensation for a huge fuel spill in the Arctic last May, a Russian court ruled on Friday.
Read MoreBillionaire Gina Rinehart’s mining empire will help to finance a lithium project in Germany being developed to supply the key ingredient for electric-car batteries needed by Europe’s auto industry.
Read MoreSINGAPORE (Reuters) – Indonesia has received an investment proposal from U.S. electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla, the country’s deputy head for investment and mining coordination, Septian Hario Seto, told reporters on Friday.
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