Emergency Services are working to contain a large factory fire in Cheltenham on Thursday morning, after receiving multiple Triple 000 calls reporting that lithium-ion batteries had caught alight.

The All Ords gold sub-index is up 2.82% in morning trade, with spot gold nudging close to US$2800/oz. New York futures were even more exuberant, clearing US$2846/oz, with Aussie dollar spot gold ...

Blue-collar voters used to make up the base of the Democratic Party, but now they're the biggest Donald Trump supporters ...

Mineral Resources (ASX:MIN) won't shut down any more lithium mines in response to bottom ... MD Dale Henderson suggested the market for the battery metal could be tightening.

According to forecasts by e-mobility specialist Rho Motion, the market for electric vehicles (electric cars and plug-in hybrids) is set to grow by 18% globally this year. Growth will increase by 17% ...

The rise of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, particularly in China ... has been instrumental in channeling approximately US$312 billion into US EV production and infrastructure.

It's hard to imagine a new vehicle retailing at less than 2,000 dollars, but over in China, there are microcars and trucks ...

Oversupply and shifting battery chemistries are set to define the cobalt market in 2025. Prices — subdued by excess supply ...

BYD has unveiled the Atto 2 in the United Kingdom and Europe, with Australia reportedly set to follow suit by the end of this ...