October 20, 2022 Allkem’s quarterly revenue falls about 12% as output drops Allkem had in August flagged labour and equipment shortages in Western Australia which forced the company to cut its fiscal 2023 production forecast.
October 20, 2022 Tesla drops as Musk says demand ‘a little harder’ to come by Tesla stock has dropped 37% this year.
October 19, 2022 Tesla confirms plans to build lithium refinery in Texas Tesla is moving forward in a bid to gain more control over the supply chain for electric vehicle batteries.
October 19, 2022 Albemarle to stay in Europe if lithium declared hazardous by EU, CEO says The European Commission is weighing a proposal by the European Chemicals Agency that would classify lithium carbonate, chloride and hydroxide as dangerous for human health.
October 19, 2022 Cirba Solutions gets $75 million in DOE funding to expand Li-ion battery recycling facility in Ohio The Biden administration is awarding $2.8 billion in grants to boost US production of electric vehicle batteries and the minerals used to build them.
October 19, 2022 Automakers need more time to meet US minerals requirements for EVs – execs New restrictions on battery sourcing and critical minerals, along with price caps and income caps, take effect on Jan. 1.
October 19, 2022 Biden awards $2.8 billion to boost US minerals output for EV batteries Albemarle and Piedmont are among the 20 manufacturing and processing companies winning US Energy Department grants.
October 18, 2022 Researchers better understand what it takes to improve EV batteries’ performance A scientific team tracked the real-time movement of lithium ions inside layered lithium nickel-rich oxides.
October 17, 2022 Column: Xi’s commitment to energy transition is mixed for commodities Commodity markets were given little to cheer about in President Xi Jinping’s address to the Communist Party Congress.
October 17, 2022 Posco’s bold battery materials push dimmed by new US energy bill By 2030, the Seoul-based steel giant forecasts it will have a production capacity of around 605,000 tons for cathode-active materials.
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