🇪🇺🚘 - European carmakers are facing huge trouble • Nearly a third of major car plants from Europe’s five largest automakers were underutilized last year • Stakes are high for EU economies: automotive sector accounts for ~7% of EU GDP and more than 13m jobs

The US to impose 25% tariffs on Chinese minerals. Says concentration of mining & refining capacity of minerals in China, as well as China's effort to dominate the global supply chains for these minerals, endangers US national security & clean energy goals. argusmedia.com/ja/news-and-in…

Ghana anxious lithium price slump will derail maiden project mining.com/web/ghana-anxi…

$19,000 That's the average price of a new car exported from China in 2024. Compare with: Ave price of a new car in America: $47,000. Ave price of a new car in Europe: $53,000. China will export > 6 million cars this year - up from just 1 million in 2020. What is to

Putin says Russia should consider restricting uranium, titanium and nickel exports - IPX.ax reuters.com/markets/commod…

There's that "D" word again. Seeing a lot of it lately in the lithium sector. Northvolt’s plan to build Europe’s largest lithium plant is two years delayed sifted.eu/articles/north…

Electric cars could reach a market share of as much as 24% in Europe next year, says the Transport & Environment lobby group trib.al/fXdBWJv

Critical moment for China’s iron grip on rare earths thewest.com.au/business/minin…

Recharge Sep24 (China records, autos strategy, Lithium, small battery startups) podbean.com/ew/pb-axxze-16…

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Trina Solar hopes to build a $400 million battery near Kemerton as coal shutdown looms thewest.com.au/business/energ…

So the Office of the United States Trade Representative USTR completed it's 4y review on its 'Section 301, aka "China Tariffs" ' and made these updates: Context: ustr.gov/about-us/polic… 187p PDF: ustr.gov/sites/default/…

Gina Rinehart’s $600m McPhee iron mine in the Pilbara gets federal approval after years of delays thewest.com.au/business/minin…

Mineral Resources chief Chris Ellison takes on the naysayers and Federal Labor in an exclusive interview thewest.com.au/business/minin…

Unemployment steady at 4.2 per cent as August delivers good jobs growth thewest.com.au/business/econo…

Lithium mining in Zimbabwe: a story of loss for one community theconversation.com/lithium-mining… via The Conversation Africa

Critical titanium is on our doorstep - North of 60 Mining News IPX.ax miningnewsnorth.com/story/2024/09/…

ASX hits another all-time high following US rate cut thewest.com.au/business/marke…