July 9, 2021 Stellantis in lithium supply deals with California, German firms The agreements are with privately held Controlled Thermal Resources and Vulcan Energy Resources.
July 9, 2021 Chinese battery maker EVE to invest in lithium production EVE, based in Huizhou in southern China, said in an exchange filing it planned to take 28.1% equity in Jinkulun Lithium Industry Co, which makes lithium metal in China.
July 9, 2021 Lithium-sulphur batteries one step closer to becoming viable Researchers developed a technique that suppresses polysulfide shuttling in Li-S battery technologies.
July 8, 2021 Elon Musk’s China battery partner is now richer than Jack Ma Zeng Yuqun, the founder of CATL, has overtaken Alibaba co-founder in the wealth rankings, a symbolic moment in the rise of China’s green billionaires.
July 8, 2021 Battery chain puts lithium’s green credentials under microscope A group backed by Daimler and Volkswagen has started a study into the environmental impact of lithium mining in Chile.
July 6, 2021 Ganfeng gets green light for Argentina lithium plant The document approved a plant with capacity to produce 20,000 tonnes of lithium chloride annually.
July 6, 2021 Lithium supply chain threatened by East-West geopolitical tensions – report Geopolitical risks and the US-China tensions pose threats on the global lithium supply chain, according to a new report by Fitch Solutions.
July 5, 2021 German-Chilean project plans to extract raw materials from thermal springs The BrineMine project is developing strategies to extract lithium, cesium and gold directly in geothermal power plants.
July 5, 2021 Eramet says Europe must help its miners gain access to EV metals “We don’t have these resources in Europe, or very little” of them, Eramet CEO Christel Bories said in an interview.
July 4, 2021 Mining brines from dormant volcanoes could provide battery metals, gold Oxford researchers say it is possible to extract copper, gold, zinc, silver and lithium from brines trapped in porous rocks at depths of 2 kilometres below dormant volcanoes.
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