The automotive industry has become interested in the use of high-Ni batteries for electric vehicles but their cathodes are prone to reactivity and instability when exposed to humidity.

The European Raw Materials Alliance will focus on increasing domestic production and promoting recycling of vital elements, particularly rare earths.

Mina do Barroso is expected to become Europe’s first significant producer of spodumene, a hard-rock form of lithium.

Proposal seeks to set a semi-arid desert biosphere reserve covering 2.58Mha across eight municipalities of the Zacatecas state.

Capital raised will be used to advance the first stage of development of the company’s Sal de Vida lithium brine project.