Lithium
EU finances first lithium project in Europe
The European Union wants to establish its own lithium supply chain to increase lithium processing and refining capacity in Europe. The EU-funded project, called LiCORNE ("Lithium Recovery and Battery Grade Materials Production from European Resources"), aims …
Nickel, cobalt and lithium prices rise
Rising EV sales have sparked a race for nickel, cobalt and lithium that has pushed battery material prices to multi-year highs
"Lithium will definitely replace biofuels"
In Argentina's remote northern province of Salta, the silence of the desert landscape is only broken by the hum of machines pumping salt water to produce lithium - a sign of increasing efforts to capitalize on the global electric vehicle boom. Under the …
New sensor for detecting rare earths in acid mine waste
Penn State University researchers have developed a luminescence sensor that can detect terbium, one of the rarest rare earth elements, in complex environmental samples such as acid mine waste. In a peer-reviewed article published in the Journal of the American …
The EV boom is finally coming to Russia
Recently, Russia belatedly announced investments aimed at the growth of electric vehicles (EV) to catch up with the transition in the rest of Europe. Russia is expected to begin building the electric car infrastructure, starting in Moscow. The city plans to …
Ford will supply US Postal Service with electric vehicles
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is supplied by Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) with engines and accessories for the delivery vehicles built by Oskhosh Defense. Ford will also provide other services such as transmissions to help the USPS evolve its postal services. …
Demand for graphite to increase strongly amidst EV boom
Graphite is a soft, black to steel-gray colored mineral that is naturally formed by the metamorphosis of carbon-rich rock, which leads to the formation of either crystalline flake graphite, fine-grained amorphous graphite, or crystalline vein or lump graphite. …
Argentina mining operation becomes largest lithium mine on the continent
Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC) (NYSE: LAC) announced today that the company and its partner Ganfeng Lithium have commenced development planning for a second expansion of at least 20,000 tons per year of lithium carbonate equivalent ("LCE") production capacity …
Orocobre and Galaxy merge into a new mining company
Australian lithium miners Galaxy Resources (ASX: GXY) and Orocobre (ASX: ORE) have agreed on a merger that would create a $ 3.1 billion (A $ 4 billion) company that is the world's fifth largest manufacturer of Lithium chemicals will be the refined form of raw …
These are the countries investing the most into battery metals
In 2020, Fitch Solutions analysts recorded 37 manufacturing projects for EV batteries and related components and materials valued at $ 21.04 billion, for the projects disclosing financial details. The projects range from the production of battery cells and …