April 7, 2022 How charge, discharge cycles make li-ion batteries bleed to death There is a link between cracks that form in batteries’ structure during charge-discharge cycles and the depletion of vital liquids that carry charge.
April 6, 2022 220-year chart shows “no evidence” green energy transition is underway It took 70 years for oil and gas to take 50% of the global primary energy market from coal. Today renewables can't even match incremental growth in demand.
April 5, 2022 Vulcan Energy inks 20-year geothermal energy supply deal with Germany’s MVV Vulcan Energy will provide up to 350 gigawatt hours of energy per year - enough to supply around 25,000 households.
April 5, 2022 Sigma Lithium to start civil works at vast Brazilian project Grota do Cirilo is the largest hard rock lithium project in the Americas, slated to produce 440,000 tonnes of concentrate per year by end of 2023.
April 5, 2022 IGO says Western Areas may nix $829 million buyout IGO says its takeover of nickel producer Western Areas might fall through after an independent expert concluded the offer was "neither fair nor reasonable".
April 5, 2022 Biden’s battery metals boost could ease US dependence on China Reducing the US’s dependence on China for battery materials is a uniquely bipartisan issue.
April 5, 2022 Canada to invest $1.6 billion on mineral strategy for EV battery supply chain Canada last month announced financial support for building two facilities that will make battery materials for electric vehicles, and one battery gigafactory.
April 5, 2022 ‘Salty’ freeze-thaw battery a step toward seasonal storage The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a ‘freeze-thaw battery’ that locks in energy for months without losing much storage capacity.
April 5, 2022 Albemarle, Mineral Resources to speed up Wodgina lithium mine restart The partners now expect first production from the idled lithium mine in May, to respond to "unprecedented” demand for the battery metal.
April 4, 2022 Avalon partners with India’s Essar Group to build Ontario lithium refinery The lithium refinery will be designed to accept concentrates from several pegmatite projects in Ontario's North.
Tiernan Gold set to debut on TSX Venture Exchange Tiernan Gold heads to the TSXV with a flagship Chile project and Hochschild as its top shareholder. December 17, 2025 | 09:44 am
