Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, specialising in EV and battery supply chain research and insights, reports that 2.15 million electric vehicles (EVs) were sold globally in September 2026, bringing year ...

The US Department of Energy (DoE) announced $500 million in grants for battery materials, manufacturing and recycling towards the end of August 2026. The grants went to a range of battery minerals and ...

Neodymium/praseodymium (NdPr) oxide prices have fallen below a key psychological and structural benchmark, dropping to $95,000/tonne CIF Europe and North America, beneath the $110/kg price floor ...

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, specialising in EV and battery supply chain research and insights, reports that 2.0 million electric vehicles were sold globally in June 2026, bringing YTD 2026 EV ...

Beginning in 2021, battery raw materials saw huge price gains affecting lithium, nickel, cobalt and natural graphite. By 2024, these increases had been reversed – though prices are again on the rise.

Conflict in the Middle East and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz led to sulphuric acid prices skyrocketing. The material is a key feedstock for the processing of many critical minerals ...

Rare earth prices surged through January and February before some grades, particularly magnet materials, softened sharply in March. Over the quarter, Benchmark’s China praseodymium-neodymium (PrNd) ...

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, specialising in EV and battery supply chain research and insights, reports that 1.75 million electric vehicles were sold globally in March 2026, bringing Q1 2026 EV ...

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence is pleased to announce the launch of its Lithium Forward Price Curves, providing the market with a new benchmark for year-ahead lithium price expectations across key ...

South Korea’s passenger car and light duty electric vehicle (PC & LDV EV) market more than tripled month-on-month to over 37,200 EV sales in February 2026. This is the first time the country’s monthly ...

Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) made in China are taking up increasingly large proportions of sales around the world since 2018, Benchmark data reveals. Despite the failure of a number of Chinese BEV ...