Metals and Minerals – Page 16

Falling Lithium Prices Are Making Electric Cars More Affordable

An unexpected decline in the price of an essential battery material, along with those of other commodities, is good news for buyers. But experts disagree on how long low prices will last.

By Jack Ewing and Clifford Krauss

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Electric Vehicles Could Match Gasoline Cars on Price This Year

Competition, government incentives and falling raw material prices are making battery-powered cars more affordable sooner than expected.

By Jack Ewing

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A Copper Mine Could Advance Green Energy but Scar Sacred Land

Tribal groups are fighting an Arizona project whose backers say increasing the supply of copper, crucial to batteries, would reduce fossil-fuel use.

By Clifford Krauss and Tamir Kalifa

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Sweden Says It Has Uncovered a Rare Earth Bonanza

The state-owned mining company announced it had found Europe’s largest deposit of the vital minerals used in electric vehicles and other green technology.

By Stanley Reed