August 7, 2020

Livent CEO to EV industry: sign better deals or risk lithium supply

The EV industry has pushed to renegotiate supply agreements while at the same time demanding higher production later this decade.

August 6, 2020

UK to invest in Europe’s first geothermal lithium recovery plant

The project is a collaboration between Geothermal Engineering and Cornish Lithium.

August 5, 2020

Albemarle’s quarterly profit drops 45% as lithium sales slow

Sales dropped across all its divisions.

August 5, 2020

Cobalt price surges on transport delays from SA

Transport delays from South Africa against an increasingly robust Chinese demand have fuelled a price rally for cobalt hydroxide.

August 5, 2020

Giga Metals aims to develop world’s first carbon-neutral mine

The Turnagain project in British Columbia is considered one of the largest undeveloped sulphide nickel deposits on the planet.

August 5, 2020

Orocobre, EnergyX join forces to develop ‘green’ lithium extraction technologies

The companies want to address the challenges associated with the extraction of the metal.

August 4, 2020

Scientists discover “glassy” lithium

In a quest to improve battery performance, US-based researchers made an unexpected find.

August 4, 2020

Solid-state battery market expected to reach $6 billion by 2030 – report

IDTechEx published its predictions for the solid-state battery market.

August 1, 2020

Chilean regulators scrap SQM’s environmental plan

Chile's Environmental Superintendent asked SQM to start again from scratch.

July 31, 2020

Deep-sea minerals could meet the demands of battery supply chains – but should they?

Concerned scientists have highlighted our limited knowledge of the deep-sea and its ecosystems.