ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Reedy Lagoon Corp. (ASX:RLC) continues to make strides into the burgeoning lithium sector.

Lithium Australia NL (ASX:LIT) continues to make progress in its bid to ‘close the loop’ on the energy metal cycle.

Northern Minerals (ASX:NTU) is looking to emerge as the first significant dysprosium producer outside China through the development of its Browns Range Project in the East Kimberley region.

You’re probably pretty well-versed in the rich applications for cobalt and nickel, especially in relation to greener energy and the rise of electric cars, but you might not have heard of scandium, a lesser-known metal.

Northern Minerals Limited (ASX: NTU) has discovered that ‘rare earths’ are not as rare as you would come to believe in outback Australia…

Pure Minerals Limited (ASX: PM1), formerly Eagle Nickel, is an emerging junior explorer with a diverse portfolio of highly prospective copper, lithium and manganese projects in globally significant WA mining districts.

Let’s talk about what could possibly be the most significant shift in energy preferences since the invention of gasoline — Lithium. This commodity has now formally asserted itself as the go-to energy catalyst of the future and has attracted a flurry of exploration activity worldwide.

The Pilbara region in WA is being tipped in some quarters as being the scene of yet another mining boom. Not quite on the scale of the iron ore boom just yet, but something special is happening in the red dust near Port Hedland – it’s lithium, and lots of it. No other company typifies the rapid rise more than Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:PLS), one of the shining lights of the resource space at the moment, currently capped at $560M – a stock which has been up as high as 2,000% in the last year alone.

The current lithium boom has dawned on the ASX investment community. Lithium-ion batteries are sweeping across the world – being installed in mobile phones, laptops, electric cars and domestic energy storage solutions worldwide. Analyst estimates vary on the scale of the lithium boom but they do not vary on its validity.

We already knew European Metals (ASX:EMH) are sitting on the fourth largest hard rock lithium resource in the world. Now, a Scoping Study hot of the press has indicated that EMH should be able to produce battery grade lithium carbonate for less than $2,000 USD/tonne – which could make it the lowest cost producer in […]

Tesla’s electric car sales are up 55% from last year… With a current market cap of $26BN USD, Tesla is widely tipped to be the first company to take electric cars to the masses. Rumours abound that software giant Apple, after revolutionising home computers, phones and watches, wants to make electric cars also. Richard Branson […]

The true extent of Buxton Resources (ASX:BUX) high grade graphite resource is starting to become more apparent… Results from 11 holes have been released and there are 7 more to go… soon we should know a lot more about their high grade Australian graphite resource. The last time we looked BUX had high grade graphite […]

You used it every day back in primary school to draw and write with. But right now, this substance is helping to write the future of the human race as a key ingredient in the batteries powering the global electric car revolution. The Next Mining Boom has recently invested in an ASX listed company who […]