Issuing audit quality standards within our remit: ICAI writes to MCA amid ongoing tussle with NFRAThe ICAI has informed the corporate affairs ministry that it has the authority to issue quality management standards for accountancy firms....
24 Oct, 2024, 12.15 PM IST
ICAI issues standard on quality management for CA firmsThe ICAI has issued two new quality management standards (SQM 1 and 2) for audit firms, focusing on quality management systems and engageme...
15 Oct, 2024, 10.42 PM IST
It’s too late to China-proof the lithium supply chainIn Chile, which trails Australia as the 2nd-biggest producer of lithium, Chinese money is also dominant.
14 Mar, 2024, 09.28 PM IST
View: It’s darkest before the dawn in the EV revolutionDespite the struggles faced by the electric vehicle industry, there is hope on the horizon. The decline in share prices for carmakers and b...
16 Nov, 2023, 11.52 AM IST
It’s darkest before the dawn in the EV revolutionThe squeeze on spending from high interest rates is going to continue hurting electric and gasoline-powered vehicles alike.
16 Nov, 2023, 09.44 AM IST
Race for speedier lithium is underway from Arkansas to ArgentinaThis new way of mining lithium is being seen as the solution for increasing output while protecting the environment all across the world’s ...
31 Aug, 2023, 10.10 AM IST
Mining giants have underestimated the lithium waveA decade ago, the likes of lithium, cobalt and graphite were minor materials, affected less by electric vehicles than the markets for lubri...
13 May, 2023, 09.56 AM IST
Chile's lithium nationalisation plans to get a fillip from new extraction technologyDirect lithium extraction technologies are designed to extract the metal from salty brines in Chile's Atacama Desert and elsewhere in the w...
24 Apr, 2023, 04.28 PM IST
What to watch in commodity space this weekGlobal crude markets will be center stage this week in the final countdown to Opec’s next meeting.
20 Nov, 2017, 03.37 PM IST
How Elon Musk's Tesla Motors maybe killing flamingos with its electric carsSome locals say that miners sucking water out of the earth to get to the lithium are starving the long-legged birds in the process.
05 Jul, 2016, 10.26 AM IST