October 4, 2021

How Life Cycle Assessments can enhance ‘green’ mining techniques

Britain-based researchers say ‘cradle to grave’ evaluation at the outset of new metal mining explorations can mitigate against negative environmental impacts.

October 3, 2021

NMC to remain the dominant EV battery cathode type until 2030 – report

Fitch expects the NMC chemistry to remain dominant, owing to the superior energy density of high-nickel variations, which improve vehicle range and charging speeds.

October 1, 2021

US advances plan to protect Nevada flower near lithium project

The US plans to list the Tiehm's buckwheat flower as an endangered species, the latest blow to ioneer Ltd's plans.

October 1, 2021

Iron battery breakthrough could eat lithium’s lunch

Unlike lithium-ion batteries, iron flow batteries are really cheap to manufacture.

October 1, 2021

Li-ion battery recycling market to reach $31bn per year by 2040 — report

IDTechEx says that, in two decades, over 50% of the world's spent li-ion batteries will be recycled in China.

September 30, 2021

Miners of half of global lithium output set up trade association

The five founding members of ILiA are SQM, Ganfeng Lithium, AMG Brazil, Orocobre and Pilbara Minerals.

September 30, 2021

Visualizing the global demand for lithium

Global lithium production more than doubled in the last four years.

September 30, 2021

Sayona acquiring another Quebec lithium project

Sayona is acquiring Lithium Royalty’s right to purchase the 60% interest in the Moblan project.

September 30, 2021

Albemarle to buy Chinese lithium firm for $200 million

With the acquisition of Guangxi Tianyuan, the world’s top lithium producer is expanding its battery metal conversion capacity.

September 29, 2021

Australia’s Core Lithium starts construction at flagship Finniss project

Finniss is the first lithium mine in the Northern Territory.