The Lithium Sector Surge Is Poised to Ignite a Deals Bonanza | Bloomberg

Rick Perry suspends policy of selling excess uranium | Washington Examiner

BMW wants to make EV batteries way better within 5 years | Mashable

EV adoption rate reaching critical mass as search for ethical cobalt heats up | Mining Weekly

Court clears restart of Japanese nuclear reactors

California’s Electric-Car Future | Bloomberg

Battery Markets and Metals Markets Have Officially Collided

FCA Admits Underestimating the Rise of Electric Cars Was a ‘Mistake’

VW Secures $25 Billion Battery Supplies in Electric-Car Surge | Bloomberg

Tesla’s electric motor shift to spur demand for rare earth neodymium | Reuters

Investors Hunting Cobalt Deals Approached Sherritt, CEO Says | Bloomberg

U.S. allies line up for exemptions from Trump’s tariffs | Globe and Mail

LME rethinks cobalt contract for electric vehicle sector | Reuters

Volkswagen Picks Chinese Battery-Maker in EV Push | Caixin

Metal Prices Surge As EV Production Grows | Oilprice

Russia claims 100 times smaller nuclear reactor than submarine reactors but with more power | Next Big Future

U.S. to overtake Russia as world’s biggest oil producer by 2019 latest: IEA | FoxBusiness

China Tells Manufacturers They Are Responsible For EV Battery Recycling | Clean Technica

China puts responsibility for battery recycling on makers of electric vehicles | Reuters

EU Battery Alliance wants 20 EU giga factories, Saft announces partnership with Siemens, Manz and Solvay | PV Magazine

McKerracher: BP’s Energy Outlook and the Rising Consensus on EV Adoption | BNEF

South Africa to pilot first utility-scale vanadium redox flow battery | Mining Weekly

In 2 years, renewables will be cheaper than fossil fuels | World Economic Forum

Rick Rule’s Current Thoughts on Natural Resource Investing | MacroVoices Podcast

The Electric Vehicle Future Is Already Boosting Miners’ Earnings | Bloomberg

Anthony Milewski: Copper to see All Time Highs in this Cycle | Palisade Radio

Apple in Talks to Buy Cobalt Directly From Miners | Bloomberg

Detroit Stays Quiet While Apple and BMW Line Up Metal Supplies for Batteries | Bloomberg

New Build Homes with Solar and Storage? “Its going to be the norm.” | RenewEconomy

This Coal Miner Shows Limits of Trump’s Bid to Rescue Industry | Bloomberg

U.S. seeks to boost output of 35 minerals, reduce import reliance | Reuters

Goldman’s Commodity Revenue Drops 75% to Lowest on Record | Bloomberg

Sweden steps up hunt for cobalt as electric cars boost demand | UK Independent

The Plan to Extract Rare Earth Metals from Coal Mining Waste | Motherboard

METALS–Copper rises for a 4th day to a 10-day high on weaker dollar, growth outlook | Reuters

Big Batteries Are Taking a Bite Out of the Power Market Batteries charged by renewable energy are nibbling at power plants that generate extra surges of electricity during peak hours | WSJ

Data overload: commodity hedge funds close as computers dominate | Reuters

Samsung SDI Turns to Used Phones for Cobalt as Prices Surge | Bloomberg

BMW close to 10-year supply deal for battery minerals: FAZ | Reuters

Commodities Escape Worst of Market Rout on Robust Demand Outlook | Bloomberg

Private Equity Likes Copper and Battery Metals as Deals Rebound | Bloomberg

How the Internet of Things has evolved over the last 50 years | WEC

HAYWOOD RESEARCH: The Weekly Dig – Zinc Shrugs off Broad Based Commodity Selling to Post 8th Consecutive Weekly Gain

Rallying behind Rhodium | Mining Technology

CFTC Gold & Silver Commitment of Traders Report | Feb 2, 2018

In the shadow of oil, coal markets rise from the ashes | Reuters

Goldman Sachs lifts bets on copper, coal, iron ore and oil | Financial Review

Nickel looks to Breakout in 2018 | Sam Broom

Electric Buses Will Take Over Half the World Fleet by 2025 The number of electric buses will triple within seven years, and virtually all of them will be in China | Bloomberg

China accelerates push to develop motors for electric cars | Nikkei Asian Review

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