October 11, 2022 EV battery hopeful Britishvolt holds talks on UK site sale as outlook dims Britishvolt is in talks to divest its 93-hectare lot in Cambois, northern England, to Slovak startup Inobat.
October 11, 2022 The carbon emissions of producing energy transition metals: Charted From the lithium and cobalt needed for electric vehicle batteries to the rare earth metals which power wind turbines, procuring all of these metals comes at a cost to the…
October 11, 2022 New environmentally friendly method to extract metals from Li-ion batteries launched in Canada Toronto-based researchers are using supercritical fluid extraction to recover metals from end-of-life Li-ion batteries.
October 10, 2022 Stellantis, GME Resources seal nickel and cobalt deal for battery production The deal marks a further move by the world's fourth largest carmaker to lock down supplies of metals needed for batteries that power EV cars.
October 9, 2022 US government includes Li-ion batteries in list of goods produced by child labor The US Department of Labor included lithium-ion batteries among the 158 goods from 77 countries that the department believes are produced by child labor or forced labor.
October 7, 2022 Material degradation inside Li-ion batteries finally understood A Korean research team has succeeded in the real-time observation of the expansion and deterioration of the anode material within Li-ion batteries.
October 6, 2022 First US cobalt mining operation to begin after more than 30-year hiatus Jervois Global is starting the first US cobalt mine in Idaho on Friday, according to chief executive Bryce Crocker.
October 6, 2022 US court sets January 2023 hearing for Lithium Americas mine suit Opponents of the Thacker Pass mine are asking the court to overturn former President Donald Trump's 2021 approval.
October 6, 2022 Horizonte Minerals flags cost increase at Brazil nickel project The company started building the Araguaia nickel mine, which it acquired from Glencore in 2015, in May this year.
October 6, 2022 USGS, NASA to map southwestern United States for critical mineral potential With $16 million in funding from the Biden administration, portions of California, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah will be mapped for critical mineral potential.
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